rim
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- noun
- /rɪm/
- My father smiles and fills her glass to the rim with the wine, a white Bordeaux.
- wheel rim
- rim of a glass
- rim of a crater
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I actually can see the top rim of our last structure.
- And I actually can see the top rim of our last structure.
- This is the inner rim liner and it's just nude.
- I did not think that I could get excited about wheels and rims, but here we are.
- Nerdy face with thick horn rim glasses and buck teeth.
- So my sound is is I hit the the rim and the head same time.
Examples
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Look at the filigree scalloping on the rim.
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Most of the scenic views represent the canyon from the rim, looking across the vast canyon below.
Academic text (2012) -
And then you just got that nice little rim across the top.
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Just watch the level around the rim and then look to the left and right.
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A fine city waiting there just over the rim of the land.
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We're coming up to the rim of the crater.
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As they moved, I could glimpse the scalloped rim of mountains showing between the trees.
Fiction book (1990) -
You wiped the rim of the cup after you tasted it.
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Grand Canyon Village is noted simply as "Grand Canyon" at the South Rim terminus of Highway 64.
Academic text (2012) -
The hiker stood at the rim of the canyon, amazed by the breathtaking view below.
Synonyms
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Outer part of an object that forms a border, often sharp
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The outer edge of a shape or area and the total length of that edge
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The outer edge of an area, group, or idea
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The rim of a container or the edge of a shell
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The top edge of a cup or glass
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The far edge of an area or thing that shows its limits
A curved outer rim of a wheel that holds the spokes
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Etymology
Rim comes from an old English word meaning 'edge' or 'border' and is like the word brim. So a rim is the outer edge of a glass, wheel, cup, or any round object.