noun
- a small knife or tool used for peeling or cutting thin layers from fruits, vegetables, or other materials
Examples
- She used a parer to remove the apple’s skin.
- The vegetable parer made quick work of the potatoes.
- He sharpened his parer before preparing the fruit salad.
- A good parer should have a sharp, thin blade.
- The chef reached for her favorite parer to peel the carrots.
- My grandmother’s old parer still works perfectly after decades of use.