rime
1 of 3noun
ˈrīm 
1
: frost sense 1b
2
: 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
3
: crust, incrustation
rime
2 of 3verb
rimed; riming
transitive verb
: to cover with or as if with rime
rime, rimester
3 of 3less common spellings of rhyme, rhymester
1
a(1)
: rhyming verse
(2)
: poetry
b
: a composition in verse that rhymes
2
a
: correspondence in terminal sounds of units of composition or utterance (such as two or more words or lines of verse)
b
: one of two or more words thus corresponding in sound
c
: correspondence of other than terminal word sounds: such as
(1)
: alliteration
(2)
: internal rhyme
3
: rhythm, measure
Synonyms
Noun
- frost
- hoar
- hoarfrost
Verb
- cake
- crust
- encrust
- incrust
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Noun a heavy coating of rime rime on the bedroom window after a bitterly cold night
Recent Examples on the Web
Outside Online, 29 May 2022 Experience soon established the prevalence of propeller-icing hazards and the extraordinary tenacity of rime-ice formations. Aubrey O. Cookman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2021 In this case, each bit of rime sparked a new crystal to form. Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2021 The shape formed when a long and skinny flake was hit with frozen water droplets called rime. Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2021 Freezing fog over the weekend created more beautiful displays of rime ice. Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 10 Jan. 2021 Graupel is a snowflake that is completely enveloped in rime ice. Cameron Fields, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2020 Frozen rime lusters the grass; the sun, round as an orange and orange as hot-weather moons, balances on the horizon, burnishes the silvered winter woods. Danny Heitman, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2018 More significant, though, is the degree to which no story can break through the usual rime of news coverage the way Russia does. Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 18 July 2018 See More
Noun
Chunks of ice, rime, and andesite peel off cliff bands and pelt climbers, especially in warm conditions. Outside Online, 29 May 2022 Experience soon established the prevalence of propeller-icing hazards and the extraordinary tenacity of rime-ice formations. Aubrey O. Cookman, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2021 In this case, each bit of rime sparked a new crystal to form. Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2021 The shape formed when a long and skinny flake was hit with frozen water droplets called rime. Leslie Nemo, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2021 Freezing fog over the weekend created more beautiful displays of rime ice. Todd Nelson, Star Tribune, 10 Jan. 2021 Graupel is a snowflake that is completely enveloped in rime ice. Cameron Fields, cleveland, 17 Nov. 2020 Frozen rime lusters the grass; the sun, round as an orange and orange as hot-weather moons, balances on the horizon, burnishes the silvered winter woods. Danny Heitman, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2018 More significant, though, is the degree to which no story can break through the usual rime of news coverage the way Russia does. Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 18 July 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English rim, from Old English hrīm; akin to Old Norse hrīm frost
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
circa 1755, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
rime
noun
ˈrīm
: frost entry 1 sense 1
rime 1 of 2
noun
as in frost
a covering of tiny ice crystals on a cold surface rime on the bedroom window after a bitterly cold night Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- frost
- hoar
- hoarfrost
- frostwork
rime
2 of 2verb
as in to encrust
to cover with a hardened layer frost riming the doorknob Synonyms & Similar Words
- encrust
- cake
- coat
- crust
- smear
- cover
- besmear
- incrust
- daub
- congeal
- spread
- coagulate
- harden