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Added 9 October 2026

rim

/ɹɪm/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about rim at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object.
(basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended.
the ball hit the rim and bounced off
The outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached.

verb

Run around the rim of.
Sugar rimmed the dessert plate
Furnish with a rim.
rim a hat
Roll around the rim of.
the ball rimmed the basket

Origin

From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim (“plank, wooden cross, trellis”), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”), Icelandic rimi (“a strip of land”).

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