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rind

/ˈɹaɪnd/RYND
/ˈɹaɪnd/RYND

Meaningbark or crust

Common meaning: outer skin of fruit or cheese

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishrinde‘bark or crust’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishrindsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsbark or crust → outer skin of fruit or cheeserind‘outer skin of fruit or cheese’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English rinde ‘bark or crust’.

Roots

  • rinde Old English “bark or crust”

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