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rind

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ɹaɪnd/
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  • rhymes with -aɪnd
  • CMU ARPABET: R AY1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Tree bark.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

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3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, rare, uncountable

Qualifier: usually "the"

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To remove the rind from.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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6

noun

Meaning 6

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: material, stuff

Narrower terms: bacon rind, peel, skin, cheese rind

History

Etymology

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.

Cognate with Flemish rijne, Low German ryn.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: кора (kora) — tree bark
  • Czech: kůra — tree bark
  • Ancient Greek: φλοιός (phloiós) — tree bark
  • Hungarian: kéreg — tree bark
  • Italian: corteccia — tree bark
  • Middle English: rind — tree bark
  • Polish: kora — tree bark
  • Spanish: corteza — tree bark
  • Ternate: ahi — tree bark
  • Bashkir: ҡабыҡ (qabıq) — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Bulgarian: кора (kora) — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Catalan: crosta — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Catalan: escorça — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Catalan: closca — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Catalan: cotna — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Chamicuro: is̈hoopa — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Czech: kůra — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Danish: skal — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Danish: skorpe — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Danish: svær — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Dutch: schil — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Dutch: bast — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Finnish: kuori — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • French: pelure — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • French: croûte — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • French: couenne — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Galician: casca — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Galician: tona — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • German: Rinde — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • German: Schwarte — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Ancient Greek: λέπος (lépos) — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Ancient Greek: λέπυρον (lépuron) — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Hungarian: héj — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Italian: buccia — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Italian: crosta — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Latin: crusta — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Lithuanian: pluta — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Lithuanian: luoba — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Lithuanian: žievė — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Lithuanian: žievelė — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Māori: hiako — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Māori: kiri — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Māori: peha — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Māori: tapeha — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Middle English: rind — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Norwegian: bark — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Norwegian: skorpe — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Norwegian: svor — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Norwegian: skall — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Plautdietsch: Schal — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Polish: skóra — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Polish: skórka — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Polish: łupina — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Portuguese: casca — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Russian: кожура́ (kožurá) — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Russian: ко́рка (kórka) — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Russian: ко́жица (kóžica) — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Russian: шку́рка (škúrka) — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Scottish Gaelic: cairt — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Spanish: cáscara — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Swedish: skal — hard outer layer of fruit, cheese
  • Galician: segorella — an iron support fitting
  • Russian: параплица (paraplica) — an iron support fitting