peeling

What does peeling mean?

peeling means "loss of bits of outer skin by peeling or shedding or coming off in scales".

How many syllables are in peeling?

peeling has 2 syllables: pee-ling. The stress falls on "pee". In IPA it is /ˈpilɪŋ/.

What is another word for peeling?

Close synonyms include desquamation, shedding. 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 peeling a common word?

peeling is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with peeling?

2 words rhyme with peeling. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for peeling come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.