skinner

CEFRB2

/skˈɪnər/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who removes animal skins.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A hunting knife used for skinning animal carcasses.

Examples

  • A skinner is a person whose job is to remove the skins from animals.

  • B.F. Skinner was a famous psychologist who studied behavior.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A machine used for removing the skin from animal carcasses.

  2. Someone who skins animals.

  3. One who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.

More examples

In context

  • The fur skinner prepared the animal hides for the market.

  • “As typical of a flu season, some areas are being harder hit than other areas,” said CDC spokesman Tom Skinner.

Quick test

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The blank carefully removed the hide from the deer after the hunt.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English skynner, skinner, skynnere, schynnere, equivalent to skin + -er. Cognate with Old Norse skinnari (“skinner”), Old Swedish skinnare (“skinner”), Middle Low German schinder, schinner (“skinner”).