noun
peel
A long-handled paddle for moving food into or out of an oven.
The baker slides the loaf into the oven on a peel.
Etymology
The Latin ancestor means shovel or spade. The baker’s tool retains that flat, scooping shape for moving food across the oven floor.
More examples
- A wooden peel hung beside the oven.
- She used the peel to retrieve the pizza.
- Flour dusted the peel's broad blade.
Forms
peel · peels
Similar words
- paddle
- A broader flat-bladed implement.
- oven paddle
- The explicit descriptive equivalent.