The freshest watermelon is discovered by knocking on its rind.
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Rind
//ɹaɪnd//
Synonyms for "rind" (86 found)
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Related words (43)
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63 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- λέπος noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- λέπυρον noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- φλοιός noun (tree bark)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡабыҡ noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Bulgarian
2 entries- кора noun (tree bark)
- кора noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Catalan
4 entries- closca noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- cotna noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- crosta noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- escorça noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Chamicuro
1 entries- is̈hoopa noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Czech
2 entries- kůra noun (tree bark)
- kůra noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Danish
3 entries- skal noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- skorpe noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- svær noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Dutch
2 entries- bast noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- schil noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Finnish
1 entries- kuori noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
French
3 entries- couenne noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- croûte noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- pelure noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Galician
3 entries- casca noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- segorella noun (an iron support fitting)
- tona noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
German
2 entries- Rinde noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- Schwarte noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Hungarian
2 entries- héj noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- kéreg noun (tree bark)
Italian
3 entries- buccia noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- corteccia noun (tree bark)
- crosta noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Latin
1 entries- crusta noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Lithuanian
4 entries- luoba noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- pluta noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- žievelė noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- žievė noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Middle English
2 entries- rind noun (tree bark)
- rind noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Māori
4 entries- hiako noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- kiri noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- peha noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- tapeha noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Norwegian
4 entries- bark noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- skall noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- skorpe noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- svor noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Schal noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Polish
4 entries- kora noun (tree bark)
- skóra noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- skórka noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- łupina noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Portuguese
1 entries- casca noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Russian
4 entries- ко́жица noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- ко́рка noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- кожура́ noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
- параплица noun (an iron support fitting)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cairt noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Spanish
2 entries- corteza noun (tree bark)
- cáscara noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Swedish
1 entries- skal noun (hard outer layer of fruit, cheese)
Ternate
1 entries- ahi noun (tree bark)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Her godmother scooped out all the inside of the pumpkin, leaving nothing but the rind. Then she struck it with her wand, and the pumpkin was instantly turned into a fine gilded coach.
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We squeeze the orange and throw away the rind.
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Once more / a limber sapling from the soil I tore; / once more, persisting, I resolved in mind / with inmost search the causes to explore / and probe the mystery that lurked behind; / dark drops of blood once more come trickling from the rind.
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