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1the edge of something in the shape of a circle He looked at them over the rim of his glass. The rims of her eyes were red from crying. glasses with gold rims
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2the metal edge of a wheel onto which the tire is fastened
- 3-rimmed adjective having a particular type of rim gold-rimmed glasses red-rimmed eyes (= for example, from crying) see horn-rimmed
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