parer

1. 1.

   a manicurist who trims the fingernails

   Broadermanicurist
2. 2.

   a small sharp knife used in paring fruits or vegetables

   Synonymsparing knife

   Broaderknife

Other forms of parer

plural

parers·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about parer

What does parer mean?

parer means "a manicurist who trims the fingernails". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in parer?

parer has 2 syllables: pa-rer. The stress falls on "pa".

What is another word for parer?

Close synonyms include paring knife. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is parer a common word?

parer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.