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onion skin

onion skin noun: the outer layer of an onion. Also the alternative form of onionskin.

Noun

onion skin (countable and uncountable, plural onion skins)

  1. The outer layer of an onion.
    Synonyms:
    onion peel

Also used as

onion skin is also the alternative form of onionskin.

Synonyms of onion skin

Forms of onion skin

pluralonion skins

Questions about onion skin

What does onion skin mean?
Onion skin means the outer layer of an onion.
What part of speech is onion skin?
Onion skin is a noun.
What is the plural of onion skin?
The plural of onion skin is onion skins.

Words near onion skin in the dictionary

  1. onion routing
  2. onion seed
  3. onion seeds
  4. onion service
  5. onion services
  6. onion skin
  7. onion skinning
  8. onion skins
  9. onion smudge
  10. onion smut
  11. onion snow

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