rim
[ˈɹʷɪm]
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An edge around something, especially when circular.
noun
A wheelrim.
noun
Example Sentences
- "That's... our galaxy. We're beyond the rim."
- "About an hour later, she noticed an all black Phantom with tints and chrome rims riding slowly through the car lot."
- "COPY READER — Journeyman, experienced makeup, now slot man on metropolitan midwest daily. Will travel for good rim job on large paper."
- "A copy chief with poor people skills makes life miserable for copy editors on the rim; […]"
- "On the rim are copy editors who edit stories for accuracy, brevity and clarity."
- "Palm trees rim the beach."
Etymology
Etymology tree Old English rima Middle English rim English rim 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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɪm/
- British English: /ɹɪm/