rind
Signification (English)
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- tree bark
- A hard, tough outer layer, particularly on food such as fruit, cheese, etc
- The gall, the crust, the insolence; often as "the immortal rind"
Concepts
Synonyms
outer skin
outer layer
outer covering
animal skin
glace
hard outer covering
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ɹaɪnd/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
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.
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