English-Dutch translations for pear

• peer
  Dit is een Franse peer, maar ik zal hem niet opeten, omdat eten hier verboden is. This is a French pear, but I will not eat it because it is forbidden to eat it here.
  Ik zal deze peer niet opeten, omdat ik geen regels wil overtreden, maar ik denk dat we allemaal trots kunnen zijn op deze regeling. I will not eat [this pear], because I will not break the rules, but I think that all of us can be proud of this scheme.
  Men gebruikt daarvoor 50 mg zwaveldioxide per liter. De peer wordt in water met zwaveldioxide gelegd.This has been treated with sulphur since time immemorial, that is, the pear is soaked in an aqueous solution of 50g/ml of sulphur dioxide.
• perenboom

Definition of pear

• An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem
• The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood
• avocado, alligator pear

Related words

• appear
• pearl
• disappear
• appearance
• spear
• disappearance
• pearly
• reappear
• disappeared