rim
/ɹɪm/ noun B2- An edge around something, especially when circular.
- A wheelrim.
- A semicircular copydesk.
- The narrow surface of wine that meets the glass when it is tilted, used in identifying the age, body, etc.
Plural rims
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Lawrence Gulf seemed to rim in the splendor like a huge bowl of pearl and sapphire brimmed with wine and fire.
A cool wind was blowing down over the long harvest fields from the rims of firry western hills and whistling through the poplars.
The nest swayed to and fro, as they sat on the rim and cried.
Arthur adjusted his spectacles, his weathered hands tracing the rim of a porcelain teacup with the precision of a lifelong engineer.
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