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rindy

rindy

9.9
Having a thick, firm outer skin like cheese or melon
  • adjective
  • /ˈrɪndi/
translation icon : con corteza
  • She avoided the rindy parts of the melon when preparing the fruit salad.

Examples

  • The bread had a rindy crust that was thick and chewy.

  • The rindy texture of the cheese made it difficult to slice cleanly.

  • The cheese was rindy and flavorful.

  • This fruit is too rindy for my taste.

  • The rindy exterior of the orange protected the juicy fruit inside.

  • She found the rindy texture of the cheese appealing on her crackers.

  • The watermelon was too rindy, making it hard to enjoy the sweet fruit.

Synonyms

textured
vsrindy
13 4.1

Having a surface you can feel that is not smooth

is specifically about resembling an outer skin rather than general roughness
rinded
vsrindy
6.8

Having a firm outer skin, like on cheese or fruit

focuses on resembling that outer skin in texture and appearance

How Textured

crusty
14 2.5
rindy
9.9
smooth
256 1.0

Surface Forms

rindy positive

Morphology

rindy = rind (transparent) = rind + y

Clearly derived from the noun 'rind' with the adjectival suffix '-y' meaning 'having or characterized by a rind'.

Etymology

Rindy comes from the common word rind, meaning 'outer skin' or 'crust', plus the ending -y meaning 'full of' or 'like'. So something rindy is 'like a rind' and has a hard or thick outer layer, which is why rindy cheese or bread is hard to slice or has a chewy crust.