Parers are small knives or tools designed for paring—removing thin layers from fruits, vegetables, or other materials.
A paring knife has a short blade suited for detailed work like peeling apples or deveining shrimp.
Parers also include specialized gadgets: potato parers, apple parers.
The word simply pluralizes parer, one who or that which pares.
1. kitchen — peeler, Skin-removing utensil; knife (Sharp cutting utensil); zester (Citrus rind scraper); blade (Flat cutting edge); vegetable · potato · apple · carrot · julienne · garnish · prep · slicing · coring · trimming
2. crafts — bookbinding, Assembling pages into volumes; leather (Tanned animal skin); trimming (Cutting away excess); edges (Outer limits or boundaries); cutting · precision · tool · paper · cardboard · guillotine · scoring · workshop · handcraft · blade
Opposites
CUTTING ACTION TYPEparers ≠ slicers Tools that cut thinly; dicers · choppers · mincers · graters · shredders
ADDITIVE VS. SUBTRACTIVE FUNCTIONparers ≠ spreaders Things that disp; decorators · basters · injectors
ADDITION VS REMOVALparers ≠ coaters Layer applicators; basters · brushers · sprayers · drizzlers
Phrases
pare down (Reduce by removing excess); pared down (Reduced to basics)
Family
prepare, prepared, pare, prepares, preparedness, pared, preparer, parer
- Familiarity
- Top 500,000
- Profile
- Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G