Rind Definition

rīnd
rinds
noun
A thick, hard or tough natural outer covering, as of a watermelon, grapefruit, or orange.
Webster's New World
Any outer layer or skin suggestive of this, as of bacon or certain cheeses.
Webster's New World

Tree bark.

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(figuratively, uncountable, rare, usually "the") The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"

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An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill.

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verb
To remove the rind from.
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Other Word Forms of Rind

Noun

Singular:
rind
Plural:
rinds

Origin of Rind

  • From Old English rinde, from Proto-Germanic *rindÇ­. Cognate with German Rinde.

    From Wiktionary

  • Cognate with Flemish rijne, Low German ryn.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Rind Sentence Examples

  • It is combed out with iron hooks until the rind is all removed.

  • The fruit is about the size of a small hen's egg, and within its fibrous rind is the seed or so-called nut, the albumen of which is very hard and has a prettily mottled grey and brown appearance.

  • For water-vessels, &c., they employ gourds and large coco-nut shells, in preparing which they pour in water and allow the pulp or the kernel to decay, so that it may be removed without breaking the rind or shell.

  • The process of expression is applicable to the obtaining of essential oils which are contained in the rind or skin of the fruits belonging to the citron family, such as orange and lemon oils.

  • The old idea that it was made from layers or pellicules growing between the rind and a central stalk has been abandoned, as it has been proved that the plant, like other reeds, contains only a cellular pith within the rind.

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Words Starting With

RRIRIN

Words Ending With

DNDIND

Unscrambles

rind

Words Starting With R and Ending With D

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With R4 Letter Words Ending With D