rim

/ɹˈɪm/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
2. (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended
   “the ball hit the rim and bounced off”
3. the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
4. a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
5. the top edge of a vessel or other container

verb

1. run around the rim of
   “Sugar rimmed the dessert plate”
2. furnish with a rim
   “rim a hat”
3. roll around the rim of
   “the ball rimmed the basket”

Synonyms for rim

• flange
• brim
• lip

Words that rhyme with rim

• trim
• dim
• skim
• grim
• limb
• swim
• prim
• brim
• hymn
• slim
• limn
• prelim
• vim
• whim
• forelimb
• gym
• patronym
• pseudonym
• shim
• synonym
• bihm
• brimm
• chiarnim
• clim
• crim
• crimm
• flim
• grimme
• haradim
• him