rinded
/ˈɹaɪndəd/
rinded adjective: having a (specific kind of) rind (hard, tough outer layer). Also the simple past and past participle of rind.
Adjective
rinded (not comparable)
- Having a (specific kind of) rind (hard, tough outer layer).
- And so the poor child, with her soul’s hunger and her illusions of self-flattery, began to nibble at this thick-rinded fruit of the tree of knowledge, filling her vacant hours with Latin, geometry, and the forms of the syllogism […]1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss, Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons
- All the indications are there that the early dairy farmers did make rinded cheese.1999, Angela Heuzenroeder, Barossa Food
- Synonyms:
- skinned
Also used as
rinded is also the simple past and past participle of rind.
Synonyms of rinded
Antonyms
Origin of rinded
From rind + -ed.
Questions about rinded
- What does rinded mean?
- Rinded means having a (specific kind of) rind (hard, tough outer layer).
- What part of speech is rinded?
- Rinded is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce rinded?
- Rinded is pronounced /ˈɹaɪndəd/.
Words near rinded in the dictionary
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