🇬🇧 Rim meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

“Rim” means the very outside edge or border of something, usually something round or curved. It’s the part you touch when you hold a cup at the top, the metal circle around a car’s wheel, or the edge of a plate, bowl, or even a basketball hoop. If you traced your finger all the way around something circular, you’d be sliding along its rim.

The cat sat perfectly on the rim of the bathtub, looking offended that water even exists.

The basketball bounced on the rim of the hoop five times before deciding it did NOT want to go in.

I put my lips on the rim of the trumpet and blew so hard I nearly turned my ears inside out.

My cereal stuck to the rim of the bowl, so I had to chase it around like a tiny crunchy villain.

I tapped my spoon on the rim of the bowl like a drum, until my dog showed up thinking it was the dinner bell.

She sat on the park bench, tracing the rim of her tea cup with a tired finger. The cup's chipped rim caught sunlight; she smiled, then set the cup on the saucer's rim. A pigeon pecked the rim of the saucer, wobbling it, and the cup rocked. She steadied the rim, laughed, and breathed out relief.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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