rind
- noun
- /raɪnd/
- 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.
- We have Sweet Meats, which is a beautiful blue squash, super thick rind stores for a very long time.
- So we studied the rind using light microscopy and electron microscopy.
- It takes some getting used to, but the leaf, the fruit, the rind has certain compounds that boost the brain and are anti carcinogenic.
- So it's salt, fennel seeds, lemon rind and a touch of garlic.
- Also, when you're done with your lemon rinds, put them down your garbage disposal.
- Is that the brand that's Spanish for pork rinds, pigskins, chicharones.
Examples
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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.
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We always have bacon rind of a weekend.
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I really hope they feed you melon rind sometimes.
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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.
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These are watermelon rinds that has been pickled.
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Fried pork rinds, anyone?
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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
The thin outer part of a fruit or vegetable
The outer skin of a fruit or vegetable that you usually remove before eating
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
Compounds
How Tough
Surface Forms
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.