Meaning

4 senses
  1. Tree bark.

  2. A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc.

    cheese rind; lemon rind; lime rind

    Make sure you don't leave any of the rind on those lemons.

    Rinde, Schwarte

    кожура́kožurá, ко́ркаkórka, ко́жицаkóžica

  3. (figuratively, rare, uncountable)The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"

  4. An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill.

    параплицаparaplica

More definitions
  • the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Can you eat the cheese rind as well?

    ruСырную корку тоже можно есть?

    deKann man die Käserinde mitessen?

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  2. We squeeze the orange and throw away the rind.

    deWir pressen die Orange aus und werfen die Schale weg.

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  3. The freshest watermelon is discovered by knocking on its rind.

    ruСамый свежий арбуз можно обнаружить, если постучать по его корке.

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  4. I want some pork rinds.

    ruЯ хочу свиных шкварок.

    deIch hätte gerne ein paar Schweineschwarten.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
hard outer layer of fruit, cheese:
an iron support fitting:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
hard outer layer of fruit, cheese:

Origin

From Middle English rind, rinde, from Old English rind and rinde (“treebark, crust”), from

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.

Cognate with Flemish rijne, Low German ryn.

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