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rind

rind

32 2.7
A tough outer skin on foods like fruit, cheese, or bacon that people often remove before eating
  • noun
  • /raɪnd/
translation icon : cáscara (frutas, cítricos)
  • We have Sweet Meats, which is a beautiful blue squash, super thick rind stores for a very long time.

We have Sweet Meats, which is a beautiful blue squash, super thick rind stores for a very long time.

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Examples

  • Its oblong shape and hard rind made it easy to stack and ship.

    Academic text (1994)
  • You cut into a piece of Jarlsberg... you do not abuse the rind.

  • We always have bacon rind of a weekend.

  • I really hope they feed you melon rind sometimes.

  • Can I have a bowl of pork rinds to start, please?

    Fiction book (2001)
  • So it's salt, fennel seeds, lemon rind and a touch of garlic.

  • These are watermelon rinds that has been pickled.

  • Fried pork rinds, anyone?

  • Improved U.S. cultivars have fewer seeds, thinner rinds, and may be red-fleshed.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The rind of the cheese was too tough to eat, so we removed it before serving.

Synonyms

skin
vsrind
92 1.0

The thin outer part of a fruit or vegetable

is a tougher outer covering used for a wider set of foods
peel
vsrind
72 1.0

The outer skin of a fruit or vegetable that you usually remove before eating

is tougher and applies to some foods beyond ordinary fruit skins
1 2.7

A thick outer skin of a watermelon that surrounds the sweet, red flesh

is the general tough outer skin for various foods often removed before eating
cheese rind
vsrind
3.5

The firm outer layer on a cheese that forms as it ages

is the general tough outer skin not limited to layers formed by aging
bacon rind
vsrind
4.2

A thin outer skin from bacon that adds flavor to food

is the general tough outer skin usually removed before eating rather than used for flavor

Compounds

2 2.6

The outer skin of a lemon that you use to add flavor when cooking

1 2.1

The outer skin of an orange used to add flavor or decoration

A thick outer skin of a watermelon that surrounds the sweet, red flesh

The firm outer layer on a cheese that forms as it ages

A thin outer skin from bacon that adds flavor to food

How Tough

shell
296 1.0
crust
91 1.1
rind
32 2.7
skin
92 1.0

Surface Forms

rind singular
rinds plural

Etymology

Rind comes from an old word for tree bark, the hard outer layer that protects the inside. So think of a rind as the 'outer skin' of a fruit, cheese, or bacon that you often remove.