Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having a peel or rind that can be peeled off.
  • adjective Capable of being removed and reused.

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  • adjective Capable of being peeled.

Etymologies

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peel +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Other concepts on display will include: VFFS and HFFS cross-sealing modules using multi-converter systems; torsional welding of 'peelable' foil lids to plastic or coated aluminium pots; rotary paddle cross-sealing modules for VFFS and HFFS machines; multi-converter cross sealing for linear or rotary (impeller) applications for stand up pouches; and Cut-n-Seal technology.

    Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news 2010

  • Other concepts on display will include: VFFS and HFFS cross-sealing modules using multi-converter systems; torsional welding of 'peelable' foil lids to plastic or coated aluminium pots; rotary paddle cross-sealing modules for VFFS and HFFS machines; multi-converter cross sealing for linear or rotary (impeller) applications for stand up pouches; and Cut-n-Seal technology.

    Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news 2010

  • Other concepts on display will include: VFFS and HFFS cross-sealing modules using multi-converter systems; torsional welding of 'peelable' foil lids to plastic or coated aluminium pots; rotary paddle cross-sealing modules for VFFS and HFFS machines; multi-converter cross sealing for linear or rotary (impeller) applications for stand up pouches; and Cut-n-Seal technology.

    Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news 2010

  • A provocateur by nature, Mr. Wong operated at the fringes of the traditional design world, creating objects like a stack of 100 $1 bills, bound in peelable glue like a notepad; a gold-plated McDonalds coffee stirrer (a riff on the company's plastic version that was apparently popular among drug users before being withdrawn); and an engagement ring with the diamond mounted upside down, so that the wearer could use it to scratch graffiti.

    Tobias Wong Dead: Apparent Suicide For Designer, 35 (LIFE PHOTOS) 2010

  • The rigid paperboard can has other parent-friendly features, including a Sonoco-supplied Sealed Safe peelable membrane closure with a metal rim seamed onto the can's end and an easy-grip ring pull that opens the can easily.

    10 posts from August 2008 2008

  • The rigid paperboard can has other parent-friendly features, including a Sonoco-supplied Sealed Safe peelable membrane closure with a metal rim seamed onto the can's end and an easy-grip ring pull that opens the can easily.

    Sonoco Produces More Sustainable Packaging for Heinz Baby Formula 2008

  • And then cheese strings have a very limited texture and a single trick of being peelable.

    Howard Goodall's Enchanted Voices - the cheese strings of choral music Brian Clegg 2009

  • It's a liquid mask, like masking tape but peelable and such.

    BOOYAH. tragic_elegance 2007

  • Others -- like avocados, onions and pineapples -- have thick or peelable skins that reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals.

    Seven Things You're Wasting Money On 2009

  • And then cheese strings have a very limited texture and a single trick of being peelable.

    Archive 2009-12-01 Brian Clegg 2009

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