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: an accumulation of granular ice tufts on the windward sides of exposed objects that is formed from supercooled fog or cloud and built out directly against the wind
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rime, rimester
3 of 3less common spellings of rhyme, rhymester
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: correspondence in terminal sounds of units of composition or utterance (such as two or more words or lines of verse)
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: one of two or more words thus corresponding in sound
c
: correspondence of other than terminal word sounds: such as
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(2)
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a(1)
: rhyming verse
(2)
: poetry
b
: a composition in verse that rhymes
Synonyms of rime
Examples of rime in a Sentence
Noun
a heavy coating of rime
rime on the bedroom window after a bitterly cold night
Verb
frost riming the doorknob
Recent Examples on the Web
Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
In temperatures below freezing, fog can actually deposit ice onto objects at or near the ground, called rime ice.
—Ross Lazear, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
Waddington is notorious for its fickle weather—the peak is regularly hit by storms off the Pacific Ocean that freeze the summit in rime ice.
—Corbin Reiff, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024
The weather briefing included information about moderate icing between Carrizo Springs and Bridgeport and light rime ice between 4,000 and 6,000 feet in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to the report.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
The heavy stream of precipitation at such high elevations means that water droplets soon freeze into thick ice called rime ice, which has to be knocked off manually and can take many hours to clear.
—Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2023
Soon the steam from my breath had pushed up to my eyelashes and forehead, creating bright white rime in my hair, eyelashes, and cheeks.
—Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022
At the heart of Owens Lake, there is still water — it’s just super salty and capped by a mineral rime.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
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Noun
Daylight saving rime will soon end in the U.S., with Kentuckians and most people across the country turning their clocks back on Sunday, Nov. 2.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
In temperatures below freezing, fog can actually deposit ice onto objects at or near the ground, called rime ice.
—Ross Lazear, The Conversation, 3 Mar. 2025
Waddington is notorious for its fickle weather—the peak is regularly hit by storms off the Pacific Ocean that freeze the summit in rime ice.
—Corbin Reiff, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2024
The weather briefing included information about moderate icing between Carrizo Springs and Bridgeport and light rime ice between 4,000 and 6,000 feet in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to the report.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
The heavy stream of precipitation at such high elevations means that water droplets soon freeze into thick ice called rime ice, which has to be knocked off manually and can take many hours to clear.
—Annie Vainshtein, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2023
Soon the steam from my breath had pushed up to my eyelashes and forehead, creating bright white rime in my hair, eyelashes, and cheeks.
—Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022
At the heart of Owens Lake, there is still water — it’s just super salty and capped by a mineral rime.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
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“Rime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rime. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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rime
1 of 3 nounrime
2 of 3 verb
rimed; riming
: to cover with or as if with rime
rime
3 of 3variant of rhyme
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