Parer

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who or that which pares; specifically, an instrument for paring: as, an apple-parer, or a peach-parer.
  • noun. In agriculture, an instrument for scraping off weeds or grass or loosening their roots; specifically, a horse-hoe having a single broad flat blade.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who, or that which, pares; an instrument for paring.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A tool used to pare things.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables
  • noun. a manicurist who trims the fingernails
  • Word Usage
    "Kristin, il y a quelque jour, j'ai appris le mot "parer" pour les vĂȘtements."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    knife  manicurist