rind
(noun) the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rind (plural rinds)
tree bark
A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc
(figuratively, uncountable, rare, usually "the") The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"
rind (third-person singular simple present rinds, present participle rinding, simple past and past participle rinded)
(transitive) To remove the rind from.
rind (plural rinds)
An iron support fitting used on the upper millstone of a grist mill.
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Source: Wiktionary
Rind, n. Etym: [AS. rind bark, crust of bread; akin rinta, G. rinde, and probably to E. rand, rim; cf. Skr. ram to end, rest.]
Definition: The external covering or coat, as of flesh, fruit, trees, etc.; skin; hide; bark; peel; shell. Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind With all thy charms, although this corporal rind Thou hast immanacled. Milton. Sweetest nurind. Shak.
Rind, v. t.
Definition: To remove the rind of; to bark. [R.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
