rimy
9.9
Covered with a thin white layer of frost
- adjective
- /ˈraɪmi/
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cubierto de escarcha
- We walked across the rimy grass, careful not to slip on the frost.
Examples
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The trees were rimy in the early morning light, sparkling like diamonds.
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On a rimy winter's day, the landscape looked like a scene from a fairy tale.
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What a bleak and rimy day.
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Those were days when water boiled fast on a high fire, when the Dresden pot was warm and leaves were loosely steeping on a cold, rimy morning, when teacups were many and matching, and when the lampblack, which fretted me, was cleaned by the same Felicity.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
frosty
vsrimy
11
1.0
Cold, often with a thin layer of ice on the ground
refers specifically to being covered by frost, not just coldness
frosted
vsrimy
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2.8
Covered with a thin layer of ice or sweet icing
means natural frost coating rather than decorative icing
8.6
Having a thin layer of frost or ice crystals
includes any frost coating, not only thin crystalline layers
Antonyms
How Frosty
Surface Forms
rimy positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word rimy comes from an old English word rime, which meant 'frost'. So rimy describes something 'covered with frost', like a thin white ice coat on plants or walls.