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- [rim]
- /rɪm/
- /rɪm/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rim]
- /rɪm/
Definitions of rims word
- noun rims the outer edge, border, margin, or brink of something, especially of a circular object. 1
- noun rims any edge, margin, or frame added to or around a central object or area. 1
- noun rims the outer circle of a wheel, attached to the hub by spokes. 1
- noun rims a circular strip of metal forming the connection between an automobile wheel and tire, either permanently attached to or removable from the wheel. 1
- noun rims a drive wheel or flywheel, as on a spinning mule. 1
- noun rims Basketball. the metal ring from which the net is suspended to form the basket. 1
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Origin of rims
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
before 1150; Middle English; Old English -rima (in compounds); cognate with Old Norse rimi raised strip of land, ridge
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Parts of speech for Rims
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rims popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rims usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rims
noun rims
- bifocals — Bifocals are glasses with lenses made in two halves. The top part is for looking at things some distance away, and the bottom part is for reading and looking at things that are close.
- blinker — a flashing light for sending messages, as a warning device, etc, such as a direction indicator on a road vehicle
- blinkers — If you describe someone as wearing blinkers, you think that they have a narrow point of view and are not taking other people's opinions into account.
- glasses — Carter, 1858–1946, U.S. statesman.
- lorgnette — a pair of eyeglasses mounted on a handle.
Antonyms for rims
noun rims
- centers — Plural form of center.
- centra — a plural of centrum.
- centres — Geometry. the middle point, as the point within a circle or sphere equally distant from all points of the circumference or surface, or the point within a regular polygon equally distant from the vertices.
- centrioles — Plural form of centriole.
- cynosures — Plural form of cynosure.
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