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skinless

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: S K IH1 N L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not having an outer layer of skin or skinlike material, or with such a layer removed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • I bought skinless chicken breast because the fat right under the skin is supposed to be fattening; but they don't crisp as much.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

having no skin

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: skinned

History

Etymology

From Middle English skynles, equivalent to skin + -less. Cognate with Old Norse skinnlauss (“skinless”).

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: zonder huid — not having skin
  • German: hautlos — not having skin
  • Ancient Greek: ἀδέρματος (adérmatos) — not having skin
  • Ingrian: nahatoin — not having skin
  • Spanish: sin piel — not having skin