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Arrange cheese, rind sides up, on top of potato mixture.—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2024 Once cooked, the restaurant will scrape the squash off the rind and refrigerate or freeze.—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2024 Squeeze the lemon for its juice, get some zest off the rind, maybe take a seed or three, and discard the husk.—Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024 Indulging in Aesop’s rind concentrate body balm after a shower feels like a bite of citrus sorbet on a hot summer day.—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024 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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