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The plant produces small fruits with hard rinds ranging from green to purple, depending on ripeness.—Jillian Kubala, Health, 24 June 2025 The palette cleanser is a popping sherbert lemon jelly served inside a lemon rind, and dessert is a rhum babà duo—one in the traditional style and one reinvented.—Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025 This helps release the oils in the rind, drawing out the citrus flavor in the batter.—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 23 May 2025 Slugs will often hide in empty rinds left in the garden, which makes these pesky critters easier to find and collect.—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 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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