rim

rim is a 3-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The border, edge, or margin of a thing, usually of something circular or curving; as, the rim of a kettle or basin.
2. noun. The lower part of the abdomen.
3. transitive verb. To furnish with a rim; to border.
4. noun. the top edge of a vessel or other container

   Synonyms: brim, lip

5. noun. a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object

   Synonyms: flange

6. noun. the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached
7. noun. (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended

   "the ball hit the rim and bounced off"

8. noun. the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object
9. verb. roll around the rim of

   "the ball rimmed the basket"

10. verb. furnish with a rim

    "rim a hat"

11. verb. run around the rim of

    "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate"

Synonyms

brim, lip, flange

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rim:

mir, mri

Common word forms

rims, rimal, rimed, rimer, rimes, riming, rimmed, rimmer, rimous, rimless, rimming

Words from these letters

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