rimnoun [ C ]
uk/rɪm/us/rɪm/the outer, often curved or circular, edge of something:
The rim of the cup was chipped and broken.
My reading glasses have wire rims.
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Edges & extremities of objects
- apex
- apices
- bevel
- border
- bottom
- brim
- crest
- edge
- framed
- fringe
- front
- head
- palm-fringed
- peripheral
- periphery
- skirt
- surmount
- tip
- topmost
- vertex
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rimless
adjective uk/ˈrɪm.ləs/us/ˈrɪm.ləs/
He's got new rimless reading glasses.
rimverb [ T ]
uk/rɪm/us/rɪm/-mm-to be round or along the edge of something:
The martini glass was rimmed with sugar.
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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- box sb/sth in
- dunk
- fence sth in
- fence sth off
- flood
- gather
- gift-wrap
- gift-wrapped
- steep
- surround
- swallow
- wound 1
- wrap
- wrap (sb) up
- wrap sth around sb/sth
- wrapped
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-rimmed
suffix uk/ -rɪmd/us/ -rɪmd/
gold-rimmed glasses