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parer

parer noun: a tool used to pare things.

Noun

parer (plural parers)

  1. A tool used to pare things.
  2. (Ireland) A pencil sharpener.
    • A: 'yea like I used to have all these little parers and little fancy girly parers but then I was like I'd probably get into trouble ... people would be like 'why do you have that'... so I went for a plain pencil parer'.2013 December 6, Russell W. Belk, Linda Price, Lisa Penaloza, Consumer Culture Theory, Emerald Group Publishing, →ISBN, page 84

Forms of parer

pluralparers

Origin of parer

From pare + -er.

Words formed from parer

Questions about parer

What does parer mean?
Parer means a tool used to pare things.
What part of speech is parer?
Parer is a noun.
What is the plural of parer?
The plural of parer is parers.

Words near parer in the dictionary

  1. Pareora
  2. pareos
  3. Parepare
  4. parepididymis
  5. pareptide
  6. parer
  7. parerga
  8. parergal
  9. parergies
  10. parergon
  11. parergonic

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