Rime (Noun)
Meaning 1
Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds).
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 2
Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside).
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The rime covered the windshield of the car overnight, making it difficult to see the road ahead.
- Rime coated the tree branches, giving the landscape a serene winter beauty.
- After a night of freezing fog, the cars in the parking lot were encased in a thick layer of rime.
- As I breathed onto the window, my warm air created a frosty pattern, rapidly building into rime.
- By the end of winter, a layer of hard, icy rime covered every outdoor surface on the remote cabin.