Word.ws English Dictionary

banana peels

banana peels is the plural of banana peel.

Meaning of banana peel

Noun

banana peel (plural banana peels)

  1. (Canada, Philippines, US) The several outermost layers of a banana, especially once removed from the rest of the banana, which may be slippery if stepped on.
    Synonyms:
    banana skin
  2. (Canada, US, broadly, figuratively) A cause of difficulty, or potential embarrassment.
    • Furthermore, he is completely surrounded by banana peels. Canada's economy is slowing down, though less so far than extreme pessimists feared. Newly released figures show that our merchandise trade surplus in 1989 fell by more than half to its lowest level in 10 years. And, ever since it peaked on...1990, Vancouver Sun, February

Questions about banana peels

What is banana peels the plural of?
Banana peels is the plural of banana peel.

Words near banana peels in the dictionary

  1. banana paper
  2. banana papers
  3. banana passionfruit
  4. banana passionfruits
  5. banana peel
  6. banana peels
  7. banana pepper
  8. banana peppers
  9. banana phone
  10. banana plug
  11. banana plugs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: banana peels (page history and authors); banana peel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “banana peels.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/banana_peels. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.