English Explanatory Dictionary

rind

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. tree bark
  2. A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc
  3. The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"
verb
  1. To remove the rind from.
noun
  1. An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill.

Pronunciation

/ɹaɪnd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rind.wav

Word forms

rind rinds rinding rinded rynd rine

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.

Related words

peel skin

Derived words

bacon rind immortal rind millrind pork rind rind gall rind grafting rindless rind-oil spot rind oil spot rindy
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