rind

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[ rahynd ]
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noun
  1. a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats: watermelon rind; orange rind; bacon rind.

  2. the bark of a tree.

Origin of rind

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before 900; Middle English, Old English rind(e) tree bark, crust; cognate with German Rinde

Other words from rind

  • rindless, adjective
  • rindy, adjective

Other definitions for rind (2 of 2)

rind2

or rynd

[ rahynd, rind ]

noun
  1. a piece of iron running across an upper millstone as a support.

Origin of rind

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1300–50; Middle English rynd; cognate with Middle Dutch rijn,Middle Low German rīn

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How to use rind in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for rind

rind

/ (raɪnd) /


noun
  1. a hard outer layer or skin on bacon, cheese, etc

  2. the outer layer of a fruit or of the spore-producing body of certain fungi

  1. the outer layer of the bark of a tree

Origin of rind

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Old English rinde; Old High German rinta, German Rinde

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