orange peel
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An uneven surface resembling orange peel, especially cellulite or an imperfect finish on a spray-painted object such as a car.
Uncountable
noun
An uneven surface resembling orange peel, especially cellulite or an imperfect finish on a spray-painted object such as a car.
Uncountable
noun
A common name of a species of Clematis indigenous to eastern Eurasia, Clematis orientalis.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Grain-size numbers of 5 and lower can create a visual surface problem called orange peel. Remember that the grain boundaries are stronger than the grain interior. When the steel is stretched to large strain levels, the grain boundaries resist deformation and allow the core of the grain to deform (Fig. 1). This obviously is not acceptable for a Class A surface, so some companies will specify a grain-size number of 6 or finer on their purchase orders."
- "Orange Peel is the finest cultivar with good-sized open lantern flowers of great substance with their characteristic thick waxy petals."