noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ɹaɪnd/
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rhymes with -aɪnd
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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.
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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.
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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"
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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
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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