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:
before 900; Middle English, Old English rind(e) tree bark, crust; cognate with German Rinde
before 900; Middle English, Old English rind(e) tree bark, crust; cognate with German Rinde
Related forms
rind·less, adjective
rind·y, adjective
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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| —n | |
| 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 |
| [Old English rinde; Old High German rinta, German Rinde] | |
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Word Origin & History
rind
O.E. rinde "bark, crust," later "peel of a fruit or vegetable" (c.1400), from P.Gmc. *rendo- (cf. O.S. rinda, M.Du. rinde, Ger. Rinde), related to O.E. rendan "to rend."
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Example sentences
Add the tomatoes, saffron, grated lemon rind and broth.
Sugar can be added to make it go down more easily, they said, and the rind should not be consumed.
Stir in the chocolate, the almonds and the lemon rind.
Trim any visible fat from the top of the ham, but do not remove the rind.
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