rim has definitions from the field of basketball
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[ noun ] the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object

Used in print

(Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)

Sarah had begun to tell Lucien of Emile , she had begun to question and a little draft had crept across the room from the bedroom door , open barely enough to show a rim of blackness in the hall .

Related terms

boundary round_shape

2
[ verb ] run around the rim of

Examples

"Sugar rimmed the dessert plate"

Used in print

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

He doubted if a man could wade as far as the desolate , dry hills that rimmed the valley .

Related terms

line beard

3
[ verb ] furnish with a rim

Examples

"rim a hat"

Related terms

supply

4
[ noun ] a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object

Synonyms

flange

Related terms

projection

5
[ noun ] (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended

Examples

"the ball hit the rim and bounced off"

Related terms

hoop basketball

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[ verb ] roll around the rim of

Examples

"the ball rimmed the basket"

Related terms

roll

7
[ noun ] the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached

Related terms

hoop felloe wheel

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[ noun ] the top edge of a vessel

Synonyms

brim lip

Related terms

edge vessel

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