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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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coffee stirrer (a riff on the company's plastic version that was apparently popular among drug users before being withdrawn); and an engagement ring with the diamond mounted upside down, so that the wearer could use it to scratch graffiti.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
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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.
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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
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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
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It's a liquid mask, like masking tape but peelable and such.
BOOYAH. tragic_elegance 2007
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Others -- like avocados, onions and pineapples -- have thick or peelable skins that reduce your exposure to harmful chemicals.
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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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