[
UK
/ɹˈɪm/
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[ US /ˈɹɪm/ ]
[ US /ˈɹɪm/ ]
NOUN
- a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object
- the top edge of a vessel or other container
- the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
- the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
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(basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended
the ball hit the rim and bounced off
VERB
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furnish with a rim
rim a hat -
roll around the rim of
the ball rimmed the basket -
run around the rim of
Sugar rimmed the dessert plate
How To Use rim In A Sentence
- Ask for an aged standing rib roast from the forequarter, trimmed and chined; bring to room temperature before roasting.
- An imprimatur is not guarantee of theological soundness, in reality. Dr. Janet Smith replies to Dr. Schindler, defends Christopher West
- Several selections contain strings of double notes, primarily thirds and sixths.
- It is recognised as a crime against humanity under international law.
- The speech was brimming with ideas for rewarding work and reducing dependency. Times, Sunday Times
- Gone was the prim nodus; instead her long hair was parted in the center and allowed to fall loose under a veil, in a deliberate echo of the statuary poses of classical goddesses. Caesars’ Wives
- An AFTRA statement confirmed the issues' importance, calling the 1% increase the union's "primary objective" in the bargaining. Jonathan Handel: AFTRA, Networks Reach New Three Year Deal
- The acrimony of the dispute has shocked a lot of people.
- This was just a few years after Lord Byron woke to find Child Harold's Pilgrimage in the bookshops and himself famous, as it were, overnight.
- Prior to the 19th century, the region's social structure - outside of a few major cities, including Baghdad - was organized primarily around relatively isolated tribal confederations.