rind

¹

[rahynd]

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.

rind

²

Or rynd

[rahynd, rind]

noun

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

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

3. the outer layer of the bark of a tree

Other Word Forms

• rindless adjective
• rindy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rind¹

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

Origin of rind²

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of rind¹

Old English rinde ; Old High German rinta , German Rinde

Example Sentences

It’s nutty and crystalline, aged for years in northern Italy and legally protected from imitation, down to the cows’ diet and the wheels’ signature rind stamp.

From Salon

The kind that reeks of washed rinds, that crunches with tyrosine crystals, that bears the name of a tiny European village in delicate, old-world type.

From Salon

She makes great round nests of leaves and teaches her offspring to eat wood-boring insect larvae and fruit, using those rodent-like incisors to break through hard skins or rinds to the sweet flesh inside.

From Salon

Also, definitely add a Parmegiano-Reggiano rind, if you have one on hand.

From Salon

A lemon, still hanging from a tree, appeared to have boiled, its juices bubbling over the rind.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• crust