Overview of noun rim

The noun rim has 5 senses

• rim -- (the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object)


• rim -- ((basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended; "the ball hit the rim and bounced off")


• rim -- (the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached)


• flange, rim -- (a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object)


• brim, rim, lip -- (the top edge of a vessel or other container)

Overview of verb rim

The verb rim has 3 senses

• rim -- (run around the rim of; "Sugar rimmed the dessert plate")


• rim -- (furnish with a rim; "rim a hat")


• rim -- (roll around the rim of; "the ball rimmed the basket")