rind

1 the tissue forming the hard outer layer (of e.g. a fruit) [syn: skin, peel]

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

see Rind

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɻaɪnd/
• SAMPA: /r\`aInd/

  Rhymes: -aɪnd

Etymology

Old English rinde

Noun

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

Translations

• Dutch: schil , bast
• Finnish: kuori
• German: Rinde , Schwarte
• French: (fruits) pelure , (cheese) croûte
• Italian: buccia
• Spanish: (fruits) cáscara
• Swedish: (fruits) skal
• Portugese: (fruits) casca

Estonian

Etymology

From Germanic

Noun

rind

1. breast

Kurdish

Adjective

rind

1. good
2. beautiful

Old High German

Etymology

Common Germanic *hrenthiz, whence also Old English hrīþer

Noun

rind

1. cattle

Rind can mean any of the following:

• In botany, a rind is the thick outer skin of various structures such as fruit, see peel (fruit). The term can refer to skins of other foods such as cheese or Pork rind
• Rind (giantess), a giantess in Norse mythology

• Rind et al. (1998), a controversial study on child sexual abuse

• Rind (tribe), a tribe in BaluchistanDalgarven Mill, Scotland]]
• Lind (Oh My Goddess!) (also known as Rind), the fifth goddess to appear to Keiichi on the anime/manga Oh My Goddess!
• An alternative spelling of rynd, in milling the metal device which locks into the upper millstone and turns it. Also the 'symbol' of Millers

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