rind

CEFRC2

/ɹaɪnd/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The tough outer skin of fruit, cheese, or some foods.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc.

Examples

  • The freshest watermelon is discovered by knocking on its rind.

  • We squeeze the orange and throw away the rind.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"

  2. tree bark

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To remove the rind from.

More examples

In context

  • Make sure you don't leave any of the rind on those lemons.

  • cheese rind; lemon rind; lime rind

  • Taking the money from a man when he's got his pants down. What are you, a doctor or a tailor's tout? Thirty bucks! If I figured you'd have the rind to touch me that much I'd have lashed them up with a pair of braces!

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The orange's thick blank protected the delicate fruit inside from damaging insects.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English rind, rinde, from Old English rind and rinde (“treebark, crust”), from Proto-West Germanic *rindā, from Proto-Germanic *rindō, *rindǭ (“crust, rind”), from Proto-Indo-European *rem- (“to come to rest, support or prop oneself”). Cognate with German Rinde (“bark, rind”). Related to English rand.