rim
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• noun
The upper or outer edge of an object, typically something circular or approximately circular such as a cup, bowl, or crater.
"She traced her finger slowly around the delicate gold rim of the teacup."
The outer circular cylindrical metal part of a wheel on which the tire is mounted.
"Hitting the deep pothole at high speed bent the front aluminum rim of his bicycle."
The metal hoop in basketball from which the net hangs and through which players attempt to shoot the ball.
"The basketball bounced twice on the iron rim before dropping through the net for the winning points."
• verb
To form or act as an outer edge or border around something.
"Tall, snow-capped mountains rim the lush valley on three sides."
To roll around the inner edge of the hole or hoop without falling in (especially of a ball in golf or basketball).
"His twenty-foot putt rimmed the cup and stayed out, costing him the tournament lead."
• Rhymes for rim
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English rima ('border, edge, coast'), descending from a Proto-Germanic root related to Old Norse rimi ('ridge, strip of land').