rind

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the tough outer layer of certain fruits, especially citrus fruits

   She peeled the orange rind before eating the fruit.

2. 2
   noun

   the outer skin of cheese, often formed during the aging process

   The cheese rind was hard and inedible.

3. 3
   noun

   the bark of a tree or the outer covering of some plants

   The tree's rind was rough and thick.

rind (Modern English, 'outer layer, especially of fruit or cheese'); from Proto-Germanic _hrinda-_ ('bark, crust') via Old English _rind_ ('bark, crust'), unchanged in sense through Middle English.

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