What is another word for paring?
Pronunciation:
[ pˈe͡əɹɪŋ], [ pˈeəɹɪŋ], [ p_ˈeə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]
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Synonyms for Paring:
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n.
• a small quantity • flake • food • object -
v.
• cheapening • diminishing- Abbreviating ,
- Abridging ,
- Bobbing ,
- Compacting ,
- Concentrating ,
- Cropping ,
- Culling ,
- Curtailing ,
- Depleting ,
- Truncating ,
- Weeding ,
- clipping ,
- compressing ,
- condensing ,
- contracting ,
- decreasing ,
- decrementing ,
- deflating ,
- diminishing ,
- downgrading ,
- draining ,
- dwindling ,
- eroding ,
- lessening ,
- lightening ,
- minimizing ,
- nipping ,
- pruning ,
- reducing ,
- shearing ,
- shortening ,
- shrinking ,
- tapering ,
- trimming .
- Amputating ,
- Bisecting ,
- Detaching ,
- Disassociating ,
- Disconnecting ,
- Disengaging ,
- Disintegrating ,
- Disjoining ,
- Dissecting ,
- Dissociating ,
- Disuniting ,
- Divorcing ,
- Excising ,
- Halving ,
- Incising ,
- Insulating ,
- Removing ,
- Segregating ,
- Separating ,
- Sundering ,
- alienating ,
- axing ,
- breaking ,
- cleaving ,
- disaffiliating ,
- disassembling ,
- dismantling ,
- dividing ,
- estranging ,
- fragmenting ,
- parting ,
- rending ,
- ripping ,
- severing ,
- slicing ,
- splitting ,
- uncoupling ,
- unfixing ,
- ungluing ,
- unhinging .
Other synonyms:
- plow .
Other relevant words:
- Abrading ,
- Attenuating ,
- Averaging ,
- Barking ,
- Bistoury ,
- Cantlet ,
- Clambering ,
- Collop ,
- DROS ,
- Deadwood ,
- Dight ,
- Draff ,
- Drawing knife ,
- Filings ,
- Flaking ,
- Flaying ,
- Flocculus ,
- Garnishing ,
- Leavings ,
- Levelling ,
- Loping ,
- Lopping ,
- Manicuring ,
- Minutiae ,
- Orts ,
- Perforator ,
- Scalping ,
- Scrambling ,
- Sharpening ,
- Shive ,
- Skinning ,
- Stubbing ,
- Sweepings ,
- Tallying ,
- Whittling ,
- abate ,
- abatement ,
- abbreviate ,
- ace ,
- adze ,
- afterglow ,
- afterimage ,
- allay ,
- alleviate ,
- analysis ,
- arms ,
- assuage ,
- atom ,
- ax ,
- balance ,
- balancing ,
- bate ,
- belittle ,
- billhook ,
- bit ,
- blade ,
- bodkin ,
- bones ,
- bowie knife ,
- bring down ,
- bushwhacker ,
- butt ,
- candle ends ,
- carving ,
- cast ,
- chaff ,
- chip ,
- chipping ,
- chisel ,
- chunk ,
- cleaver ,
- clip ,
- colter ,
- comparing ,
- corpuscle ,
- coulter ,
- crumb ,
- culm ,
- curtail ,
- cut ,
- cut back ,
- cutlery ,
- cutter ,
- cutters ,
- cutting edge ,
- dab ,
- dash ,
- deaden ,
- debase ,
- debris ,
- deduct ,
- deflate ,
- degrade ,
- depress ,
- details ,
- detract ,
- detritus ,
- diminish ,
- dishwater ,
- dollop ,
- dot ,
- dreg ,
- dregs ,
- dressing ,
- driblet ,
- drop ,
- droplet ,
- dust ,
- dwindle ,
- edge tool ,
- electric razor ,
- end ,
- excoriating ,
- fall ,
- flinders ,
- flitter ,
- floccule ,
- flock ,
- fossil ,
- fragment ,
- fritter ,
- garbage ,
- gash ,
- gill ,
- gleam ,
- globule ,
- gob ,
- gobbet ,
- grain ,
- granule ,
- grazing ,
- guillotine ,
- hair ,
- hatchet ,
- hint ,
- hogwash ,
- holdover ,
- hunk ,
- husking ,
- husks ,
- idea ,
- impair ,
- inch ,
- incrustation ,
- iota ,
- item ,
- jag ,
- jot ,
- lancet ,
- leaving ,
- lees ,
- leftovers ,
- lessen ,
- leveling ,
- lighten ,
- look ,
- lose ,
- lump ,
- mattock ,
- microtome ,
- minim ,
- minimize ,
- minimum ,
- mite ,
- mitigate ,
- modicum ,
- modify ,
- moiety ,
- molecule ,
- mollify ,
- morceau ,
- morsel ,
- mote ,
- nail clipper ,
- odds and ends ,
- offal ,
- offscourings ,
- palliate ,
- paper cutter ,
- pare ,
- pare down ,
- parings ,
- particle ,
- patch ,
- peel ,
- peeling ,
- penknife ,
- physical object ,
- pick ,
- pickax ,
- piece ,
- plowshare ,
- point ,
- potsherds ,
- pruning shears ,
- rags ,
- rasher ,
- raspings ,
- razor ,
- razor blade ,
- reduce ,
- refuse ,
- relics ,
- remainder ,
- remains ,
- remnant ,
- residue ,
- residuum ,
- rest ,
- rind ,
- roach ,
- rubbish ,
- ruins ,
- rump ,
- safety razor ,
- sawdust ,
- scalpel ,
- scantling ,
- scintilla ,
- scissors ,
- scoop ,
- scoring ,
- scourings ,
- scrag ,
- scrap ,
- scrap iron ,
- scraping ,
- scraps ,
- screed ,
- scruple ,
- scum ,
- scurf ,
- scythe ,
- seed ,
- shade ,
- shadow ,
- shard ,
- shards ,
- shave ,
- shavings ,
- shears ,
- shining ,
- shiver ,
- shred ,
- sickle ,
- sip ,
- skimming ,
- slack ,
- slag ,
- slice ,
- slip ,
- sliver ,
- slop ,
- slops ,
- smack ,
- smithereen ,
- snack ,
- snatch ,
- snick ,
- snip ,
- snippet ,
- sop ,
- soupcon ,
- spark ,
- speck ,
- spice ,
- splinter ,
- sprinkling ,
- sputtering ,
- stitch ,
- straight razor ,
- straw ,
- struggling ,
- stubble ,
- stump ,
- sup ,
- survival ,
- swill ,
- sword ,
- tares ,
- tatter ,
- thought ,
- tincture ,
- tinge ,
- tittle ,
- touch ,
- trace ,
- vanishing point ,
- vestige ,
- wastage ,
- waste ,
- waste matter ,
- wastepaper ,
- wedge ,
- weeds ,
- whack ,
- whit ,
- whittle ,
- wire cutters ,
- wood shavings .
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How to use "Paring" in context?
When cooking, we are often tasked with preparing a variety of dishes that require at least two different ingredients. Paring knives are perfect for tasks like peeling fruit or slicing tomatoes.
Paring knives typically have a thin blade and resemble a chef's knife. They are different in that they are designed for precision cutting, and are typically not as wide or robust as chef's knives. Because they are specifically engineered for fine slicing and dicing, they are a better choice for tasks like peeling fruit or slicing tomatoes.
Paring knives are also a good choice for tasks like mincing herbs or finely chopping nuts.
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- Synonyms:
- intelligently, meditatively, pensively, reflectively, thoughtfully, Contemplatively, fancily, Ponderingly.
