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outskins

outskins is the plural of outskin.

Meaning of outskin

Noun

outskin (plural outskins)

  1. An outer skin; surface.
    • One way to prepare onion flavoring for a vegetable soup is to take a large onion, remove the outskin, then stick cloves into the onion, and bake until it is nicely browned.1884, Brotherhood of locomotive firemen and enginemen's magazine, volume 8
  2. The external skin.
    • They suffered from outskin-chafed necks and wrists, […]1938, George Smith, George Henry Lewes, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Cornhill magazine: Volume 158
  3. A skin or pelt of some special description.

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Questions about outskins

What is outskins the plural of?
Outskins is the plural of outskin.

Words near outskins in the dictionary

  1. outskilling
  2. outskills
  3. outskin
  4. outskinned
  5. outskinning
  6. outskins
  7. outskip
  8. outskipped
  9. outskipping
  10. outskips
  11. outskirt

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