Zest vs. Peel

Zestnoun

The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.

Zestnoun

General vibrance of flavour.

Zestnoun

(by extension) Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.

Zestnoun

(rare) The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.

Zestverb

(cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit.

Zestverb

To make more zesty.

Zestnoun

A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.

Zestnoun

Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.

Zestnoun

The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut.

Zestverb

To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.

Zestverb

To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine.

Zestnoun

vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

Zestnoun

a tart spiciness

Zestverb

add herbs or spices to

Peelverb

(transitive) To remove the skin or outer covering of.

Peelverb

(transitive) To remove something from the outer or top layer of.

Peelverb

(intransitive) To become detached, come away, especially in flakes or strips; to shed skin in such a way.

Peelverb

(intransitive) To remove one's clothing.

Peelverb

(intransitive) To move, separate (off or away).

Peelverb

(curling) To play a peel shot.

Peelverb

(croquet) To send through a hoop (of a ball other than one's own).

Peelverb

misspelling of peal|nodot=1: to sound loudly.

Peelverb

To plunder; to pillage, rob.

Peelnoun

The skin or outer layer of a fruit, vegetable, etc.

Peelnoun

The action of peeling away from a formation.

Peelnoun

(countable) A cosmetic preparation designed to remove dead skin or to exfoliate.

Peelnoun

(obsolete) A stake.

Peelnoun

(obsolete) A fence made of stakes; a stockade.

Peelnoun

(archaic) A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

Peelnoun

A shovel or similar instrument, now especially a pole with a flat disc at the end used for removing pizza or loaves of bread from a baker's oven.

Peelnoun

A T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry.

Peelnoun

The blade of an oar.

Peelnoun

An equal or match; a draw.

Peelnoun

(curling) A takeout which removes a stone from play as well as the delivered stone.

Peelnoun

A small tower, fort, or castle; a keep.

Peelnoun

A spadelike implement, variously used, as for removing loaves of bread from a baker's oven; also, a T-shaped implement used by printers and bookbinders for hanging wet sheets of paper on lines or poles to dry. Also, the blade of an oar.

Peelnoun

The skin or rind; as, the peel of an orange.

Peelverb

To plunder; to pillage; to rob.

Peelverb

To strip off the skin, bark, or rind of; to strip by drawing or tearing off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange.

Peelverb

To strip or tear off; to remove by stripping, as the skin of an animal, the bark of a tree, etc.

Peelverb

To lose the skin, bark, or rind; to come off, as the skin, bark, or rind does; - often used with an adverb; as, the bark peels easily or readily.

Peelverb

To strip naked; to disrobe. Often used with down .

Peelnoun

the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)

Peelnoun

British politician (1788-1850)

Peelnoun

the rind of a fruit or vegetable

Peelverb

strip the skin off;

Peelverb

come off in flakes or thin small pieces;

Peelverb

get undressed;

Peelverb

remove the outer covering or skin from (a fruit, vegetable, or prawn)

Peelverb

remove (the outer covering or skin) from a fruit or vegetable

Peelverb

(of a fruit or vegetable) have a skin that can be removed

Peelverb

remove a thin outer covering or part

Peelverb

remove an item of clothing

Peelverb

(of a surface or object) lose parts of its outer layer or covering in small strips or pieces

Peelverb

(of an outer layer) come off in strips or small pieces

Peelverb

send (another player's ball) through a hoop

Peelnoun

the outer covering or rind of a fruit or vegetable

Peelnoun

an act of exfoliating dead skin in the cosmetic treatment of microdermabrasion.

Peelnoun

a flat implement like a shovel, especially one used by a baker for carrying loaves or similar items of food into or out of an oven

Peelnoun

a small square defensive tower of a kind built in the 16th century in the border counties of England and Scotland.