the perimeter

noun

basketball

: the area on a basketball court that is not close to the basket

He scored from the perimeter.

Examples of the perimeter in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Yurov can create off the rush and has the vision to create off the perimeter, too. — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Students got to school on skateboards, bicycles, and on foot after Newport-Mesa Unified School District banned younger students from riding e-bikes on campus and the perimeter. — Michele Gile, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

The largest fire is in the Gure-Lure area, where the perimeter near residential homes has been brought under control. — Angela Charlton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Ahead of the weekend’s San Jose Jazz Summer Fest, city workers placed metal barricades and hazard signs around the perimeter to keep the public away from the unstable trees. — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for the perimeter

• calorimeter
• colorimeter
• polarimeter
• altimeter
• collimator
• delimiter
• dosimeter
• estimator
• lysimeter
• limiter