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Synonyms for peel
Synonyms for peel: delaminate and flake. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for peel
Interchangeable with peel in this sense
Audited under peel's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one peel carries in that sense.
- delaminateverb, in the sense "of a surface layer, to come away from what lies beneath"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name peel as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- flakeflake is a verb in the sense "to come away from a surface in small thin pieces"
one of these comes from peel's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
of a surface layer, to come away from what lies beneath
After years of humidity, the plywood began to peel, its layers separating from the core.
The true synonym
delaminate
Same sentence, swapped: After years of humidity, the plywood began to delaminate, its layers separating from the core.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- oxidize
- warp
- abrade
Where peel turns up in the game
peel is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play peel
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A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. peel carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.