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rind

Pronunciation: /rʌɪnd/

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Definition of rind

noun

[mass noun]
  • the tough outer skin of certain fruit, especially citrus fruit: decorate with fine shreds of orange rind [count noun]:olive oil infused with lemon rinds
  • the hard outer edge of cheese or bacon: curls of bacon rind were left on his plate [count noun]:Pecorino Romano has a white, waxy rind
  • the bark of a tree or plant: with the liberal use of birch rind and creosote splits we soon had fires going
  • the hard outer layer of a rhizomorph or other part of a fungus.
  • the skin or blubber of a whale: Jeffries was flensing the rind free

verb

[with object]
  • strip the bark from (a tree): when the meat ran out they had to rind trees and chew the inner bark for nourishment

Derivatives

rinded

adjective
[in combination]:yellow-rinded lemons

rindless

adjective

Origin:

Old English rind(e) 'bark of a tree'; related to Dutch run and German Rinde, of unknown origin

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