rind
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rind/rʌɪnd/
▶noun a tough outer layer or covering, especially of fruit, cheese, or bacon.
■ the bark of a tree.
▶verb strip the bark from (a tree).– derivatives
-rinded adjective,
rindless adjective.
-rinded adjective,
rindless adjective.
– origin OE rind(e), of unknown origin.
'rind' also found in these Oxford entries:
butternut squash
- cambazola
- Camembert
- casaba
- charentais
- corticate
- crust
- decorticate
- Gouda
- hesperidium
- kumquat
- mangosteen
- orange
- peel
- pepo
- pith
- pumpkin
- summer squash
- sweetsop
- winter squash
