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rind

UK/ɹaɪnd/ US/ˈraɪnd/ rare rare

noun

1.

the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit)

Synonyms
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Origin

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.

Phrases

  • bacon rind
  • immortal rind
  • pork rind
  • rind gall
  • rind grafting
  • rind oil spot
  • rind-oil spot

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