PARER
What does "PARER" mean?
A person or tool that pares, trimming the skin or edges off something such as fruit.
Meanings
- A tool or device used to pare or peel, especially fruit and vegetables. She cranked the apple parer and a long red ribbon of peel curled off.
- A person who pares or trims something. As a careful parer of budgets, he cut every needless line.
Word origin
An agent noun from the verb 'pare' (to trim) plus '-er'; 'pare' comes from Old French 'parer', from Latin 'parare' (to prepare, make ready).
Remember it
A PARER PAREs, then adds -ER for the doer: the thing that takes the skin off.
A little poem
One steady turn, one unbroken red thread-
the parer keeps the fruit and frees the dead.
couplet
What it teaches
Good work is mostly removal; know what to peel away to reach the part worth keeping.
Quick facts
What does PARER mean?
A person or tool that pares, trimming the skin or edges off something such as fruit.
Is PARER a valid word?
Yes — PARER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PARER?
PARER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PARER come from?
An agent noun from the verb 'pare' (to trim) plus '-er'; 'pare' comes from Old French 'parer', from Latin 'parare' (to prepare, make ready).
What can PARER teach us?
Good work is mostly removal; know what to peel away to reach the part worth keeping.
How players do
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