Rind

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tough outer covering such as bark, the skin of some fruits, or the coating on cheese or bacon.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. tree bark
  • n. A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc
  • n. The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"
  • v. To remove the rind from.
  • n. An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The external covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees, etc.; skin; hide; bark; peel; shell.
  • v. To remove the rind of; to bark.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A thick and firm outer coat or covering, as of animals, plants, fruits, cheeses, etc.; a thick skin or integument; specifically, in botany, same as cortex: applied to the outer layer or layers of a fungus-body, to the cortical layer (see cortical) of a lichen, as well as to the bark of trees.
  • n. The skin of a whale; whale-rind: a whalers' term.
  • n. Edge; border.
  • n. Synonyms Peel, etc. See skin.
  • To take the rind from; bark; decorticate.
  • n. See rynd.
  • n. A strip of cloth placed under the leather on the handle of a golf-club to thicken the grip.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    stuff    material   
    Cross Reference
    peel    skin   
    Hyponym
    bacon rind    peel    skin    cheese rind   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    skin    hide    bark    peel    shell    hull   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    affined    aligned    assigned    behind    bind    blind    combined    confined    consigned    declined   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    nutmeg    onion    parsley    slice    pulp    juice    allspice    gravy    syrup    flavoring