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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

croûte

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kroot

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rind/raɪnd/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il faut enlever la croûte du fromage."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A tough outer covering or skin, especially of a fruit, vegetable, or cheese.

    "He cut away the hard cheese rind before grating the rest."
As verb
  1. 1

    To peel or strip the rind from something.

    "Make sure to rind the citrus fruits carefully before making the marmalade."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word originates from the Old English 'rind', meaning bark, crust, or skin, of West Germanic origin. It is closely related to Old High German 'rinta' (bark) and Dutch 'rinde', though the exact Proto-Indo-European root remains uncertain. Historically, it has consistently referred to the tough, protective outer covering of various fruits, trees, cheese, and bacon.

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