rind

¹

[ rahynd ]

noun

1. a thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of certain fruits, cheeses, and meats:

   watermelon rind; orange rind; bacon rind.

2. the bark of a tree.

rind

²

or rynd

[ rahynd, rind ]

noun

1. a piece of iron running across an upper millstone as a support.

rind

/ raɪnd /

noun

1. a hard outer layer or skin on bacon, cheese, etc
2. the outer layer of a fruit or of the spore-producing body of certain fungi
3. the outer layer of the bark of a tree

Other Words From

• rindless adjective
• rindy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of rind¹

before 900; Middle English, Old English rind ( e ) tree bark, crust; cognate with German Rinde

Origin of rind²

1300–50; Middle English rynd; cognate with Middle Dutch rijn, Middle Low German rīn

Word History and Origins

Origin of rind¹

Old English rinde ; Old High German rinta , German Rinde

Example Sentences

Remove the parmesan rind from the milk, then gradually add to the roux, one-third at a time, whisking after each addition to create a smooth sauce.

From Eater

It’s here where a small amount of salt is added to create the mold that becomes the classic rind.

From Eater

As for your basic organic materials—apple cores, banana peels, orange rinds, brown sacks of gorp soaked upriver in the rapids—your own heart will provide the answer.

From Outside Online

The cake batter contains lemon zest, lemon juice, and preserved lemon rind blended into yogurt.

From Eater

Every few days, the architect and his offspring flipped the wheels and wiped down the mold that would eventually form their rinds, occasionally adjusting the cave’s humidity levels by pouring buckets of cold mountain spring water over the mud floor.

From Popular-Science

Unfortunately for Romney, his occasional stabs at connecting with the 99 percent tend to veer off in the pork-rind-y direction.

From The Daily Beast

It is littered with pate rind, bread crumbs, greaseproof paper, orange peel and banana skins.

From The Daily Beast

Season to taste with the grated lemon rind and ground black pepper, then fold in the whipped cream.

From The Daily Beast

Meanwhile, in a large bowl, place the remaining eggs, sugar, grated orange rind and juice, and the lemon juice with the cream.

From The Daily Beast

To round out the meal, end with a creamy washed-rind cheese from Burgundy, such as an Affidelice or Epoisse.

From The Daily Beast

The natives of Guiana use a tube or pipe not unlike a cheroot, made from the rind of the fruit of a species of palm.

From Project Gutenberg

Every drop of his brave spirit had been squeezed out of him, and he stood the mere pulp and rind of his former self.

From Project Gutenberg

I merely just touched a piece of fresh rind, and my hands smelt of it the next morning.

From Project Gutenberg

The rind is peeled from the branches by means of knives, and then dried in the sun; this gives it a yellowish or brownish tint.

From Project Gutenberg

I recollect there was something that was like a duck, and some canned tomatoes, and a kind of fruit with a yellow rind.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• crust