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Avoid adding smelly meats, fruit rinds or other sweet-smelling food scraps to your compost.—Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2025 Remove the rind before serving.—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2025 In a similar vein, authors of early modern herbals such as John Gerard(e) instructed their readers to use different parts of the plant—its juice, flowers, rind, and seeds—to address stomach concerns, dysentery, dental health, wounds and bleeding, and menstrual health.—Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025 Look at the Eyes The eyes, the diamond-like patterns on the rind, also tell a story.—Sherri Gordon, Health, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rind
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German rinda bark, and probably to Old English rendan to rend
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of rind was
before the 12th century
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