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Recent Examples of rime
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
Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
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
Verb
Some types of snow Brunning identified were column, plane, rimed, germs, irregularities, as well as combinations of all of those elements.
—Mariyam Muhammad, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rime
Noun
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As winter frost slowly begins to melt, federal and local officials have declared the end of ICE operations in Minnesota days before Valentine’s Day.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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Friday is expected to be dry but cold, with the possibility of some morning frost in the valleys as temperatures remain chilly.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The off-white cloak caked in clay is deliberately drained of all color.—
Emma Fraser,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Clean Brushes Hair brushes and makeup brushes alike can become caked with greasy debris.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Beyond cost and cleanliness In conventional battery production, active materials, carbon additives and binders are mixed into a wet slurry, coated onto metal foil and dried.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Feb. 2026
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Dip each marshmallow in butter, then in the cinnamon sugar mixture to coat.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Robert Pattinson is unrecognizable with a long blonde hair transformation and lipstick smeared all over his face in a new photoshoot.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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Outdated Vanity Lights Is your vanity light caked in dust and smeared with eight different paint colors from two decades of DIY paint jobs?—
Marisa Suzanne Martin,
The Spruce,
16 Feb. 2026
Verb
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As the salmon blackens in a skillet, the spices awaken, encrusting the fish in peppery piquant.—
The Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Feb. 2026
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O’Hara made her final red carpet appearance last September, posing at the 2025 Emmys with her husband Bo Welch and The Studio co-stars in a long black gown with a dramatic peplum detail and rhinestones encrusted along her neckline and bodice.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Kingfish is crusted in chile and garlic, set atop a fennel-coconut puree.—
Andrea Strong,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Feb. 2026
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For dinner, Federico and his staff were offering herb crusted rack of lamb, a pork chop with butter, sage and mortadella, or pan-seared halibut.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
1 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Rime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rime. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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