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skinless

skinless adjective: not having an outer layer of skin or skinlike material, or with such a layer removed.

Adjective

skinless (not comparable)

  1. Not having an outer layer of skin or skinlike material, or with such a layer removed.
    • I bought skinless chicken breast because the fat right under the skin is supposed to be fattening; but they don't crisp as much.
    Synonyms:
    hideless

Synonyms of skinless

Origin of skinless

From Middle English skynles, equivalent to skin + -less. Cognate with Old Norse skinnlauss (“skinless”).

Words formed from skinless

Questions about skinless

What does skinless mean?
Skinless means not having an outer layer of skin or skinlike material, or with such a layer removed.
What part of speech is skinless?
Skinless is an adjective.

Words near skinless in the dictionary

  1. skinked
  2. skinker
  3. skinkers
  4. skinking
  5. skinks
  6. skinless
  7. skinlessness
  8. skinlike
  9. skinmag
  10. skinmags
  11. skinnable

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