Rind Meaning
/ɹaɪnd/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nountree bark
nounA hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc.
Sentence Examples
The freshest watermelon is discovered by knocking on its rind.
We squeeze the orange and throw away the rind.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The orange's thick ____ protected the delicate fruit inside from damaging insects.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She grated the ____ of a lemon into the batter to give the cake a fresh citrus flavor.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Sweetest nut hath sourest rind."
— c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
"Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind / With all thy charms, although this corporal rind / Thou hast immanacled."
— 1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey Robinson, […], published 1637, →OCLC; reprinted as Comus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1903, →OCLC:
""I'm hanged if I know how you've got the immortal rind to come at me with a yarn like this.""
— 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 218:
"“Oh?” she said. “So you have decided to revise my guest list for me? You have the nerve, the – the –” I saw she needed helping out. “Audacity,” I said, throwing her the line. “The audacity to dictate to me who I shall have in my house.” It should have been “whom”, but I let it go. “You have the –” “Crust.” “– the immortal rind,” she amended, and I had to admit it was stronger, “to tell me whom” – she got it right that time – “I may entertain at Brinkley Court and who” – wrong again – “I may not.”"
— 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The orange's thick ____ protected the delicate fruit inside from damaging insects.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She grated the ____ of a lemon into the batter to give the cake a fresh citrus flavor.