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

  • noun A kitchen utensil, usually a steel panel or strip with a handle and sharp-edged slits and perforations, used for zesting the rinds of citrus fruit.

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  • noun A kitchen implement used to remove the zest of citrus fruit.

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zest +‎ -er

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