rind

(rīnd)

A tough outer covering such as bark, the skin of some fruits, or the coating on cheese or bacon.

[Middle English, from Old English.]

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rind

(raɪnd)

1. (Cookery) a hard outer layer or skin on bacon, cheese, etc

2. (Botany) the outer layer of a fruit or of the spore-producing body of certain fungi

3. (Botany) the outer layer of the bark of a tree

[Old English rinde; Old High German rinta, German Rinde]

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rind

(raɪnd)

n.

1. a thick and firm outer coat or covering: watermelon rind; orange rind; bacon rind.

2. the bark of a tree.

[before 900; Middle English, Old English rind(e) tree bark, crust; c. German Rinde]

rind′less, adj.

rind′y, adj.

rind

crust - From French crouste, from Latin crusta, "rind, shell; incrustation."
pith - First referred to the spongy cellular tissue in the stems and branches of many plants, and also the spongy white tissue lining the rind of citrus fruits.
rind, peel - The rind is the hard or tough covering on oranges, grapefruit, and watermelon; once removed, skin or rind is usually known as peel.
sward - The rind of bacon or pork.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

rind - the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)

bacon rind - the rind of bacon

peel, skin - the rind of a fruit or vegetable

cheese rind - the rind of a cheese

material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"

rind

noun

1. skin, peel, outer layer, epicarp grated lemon rind

2. crust, covering, shell, husk, integument Cut off the rind of the cheese

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rind

noun

The outer covering of a fruit:

peel, skin.

Translations

قِشْرَه، سَطْح جاف

kůra

skalskorpesvær

Rinde Schwarte

corteza

kuori

couenne

börkur; hÿîi; para; skorpa

scorza buccia corteccia

ādiņamiza

lupina

rind

[raɪnd] N [of fruit] → cáscara f; [of cheese, bacon] → corteza f

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rind

[ˈraɪnd] n

[bacon] → couenne f

[cheese] → croûte f

(= peel) [lemon, orange] → écorce f
grated rind of 1 orange → zeste d'une orange

rind

n (of cheese) → Rinde f; (of bacon) → Schwarte f; (of fruit) → Schale f

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rind

[raɪnd] n (of fruit) → buccia; (of lemon) → scorza; (of cheese) → crosta; (of bacon) → cotenna

rind

(raind) noun

a thick, hard outer layer or covering, especially the outer surface of cheese or bacon, or the peel of fruit. bacon-rind; lemon-rind.