Flake (5)
'flake' is the definition.
(I know that scale is a type of flake)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for scale that I've seen before include "Weigh up" , "A fish flake" , "Deposit formed in a kettle or on teeth" , "Climb; flake of skin" , "range" .)
'flake' is the definition.
(synonyms)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for peel that I've seen before include "PM once; remove skin" , "Take skin off fruit" , "old tower" , "Old PM" , "Strip off -- Manx port" .)