the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object.
any edge, margin, or frame added to or around a central object or area.
the outer circle of a wheel, attached to the hub by spokes.
a circular strip of metal forming the connection between an automobile wheel and tire, either permanently attached to or removable from the wheel.
a drive wheel or flywheel, as on a spinning mule.
Basketball. the metal ring from which the net is suspended to form the basket.
Journalism. the outer edge of a usually U-shaped copy desk, occupied by the copyreaders.Compare slot1 (def. 5b).
Metallurgy. (in an ingot) an outer layer of metal having a composition different from that of the center.
verb (used with object),rimmed,rim·ming.
to furnish with a rim, border, or margin.
(of a golf ball or putt) to roll around the edge of (a hole) but not go in.
Basketball. (of a basketball) to roll around (the rim of the basket) and not go in.
to coat or encrust the rim of (a glass): Rim each cocktail glass with salt.
Origin of rim
First recorded before 1150; Middle English; Old English -rima (in compounds); cognate with Old Norse rimi “raised strip of land, ridge”
SYNONYMS FOR rim
1 lip, verge.
SEE SYNONYMS FOR rim ON THESAURUS.COM
ANTONYMS FOR rim
1 center.
SEE ANTONYMS FOR rim ON THESAURUS.COM
synonym study for rim
1. Rim,brim refer to the boundary of a circular or curved area. A rim is a line or surface bounding such an area; an edge or border: the rim of a glass.Brim usually means the inside of the rim, at the top of a hollow object (except of a hat), and is used particularly when the object contains something: The cup was filled to the brim.
OTHER WORDS FROM rim
rimless,adjective
Words nearby rim
rilievo, Rilke, rill, rillet, rillettes, rim, Rima, rima glottidis, rima oris, rima pudendi, rima vestibuli