Meaning

noun the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object

noun (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended

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

originEtymology tree Old English rima Middle English rim English rim From Middle English rim, rym, rime, from Old English rima (“rim, edge, border, bank, coast”), from Proto-Germanic *rimô, *rembô (“edge, border”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *rem-, *remə- (“to rest, support, be based”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Rim (“plank, wooden cross, trellis”), Old Saxon rimi (“edge; border; trim”),…

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