| billiards |
(used with a sing. verb) a game played on a cloth-covered rectangular table that has a cushioned rim, in which players use a long cue stick to drive hard balls against one another or into pockets at the edges and corners of the table. (Cf. pool2.) |
| brim |
the top edge of a hollow object such as a cup; rim. [1/3 definitions] |
| collet |
a metal ring or rim that holds a jewel or watch spring. [1/2 definitions] |
| continental shelf |
the submerged rim of a continent, from which descent to the ocean floor is usu. precipitous. |
| crater |
a bowl-shaped depression with a raised rim, such as the mouth of a volcano or geyser, or the circular depressions on the surface of the moon, usu. with a mountain at their center. [1/3 definitions] |
| curb |
a raised rim where a street meets the edge of the sidewalk. [1/3 definitions] |
| cushion |
the inward rim of a billiard table. [1/5 definitions] |
| discus |
a disk made of wood with a metal rim, thrown for distance by some track and field athletes. [1/2 definitions] |
| disk wheel |
a wheel with a solid disk instead of spokes between hub and rim, used esp. on automobiles. |
| felly |
the rim of a wheel with spokes. |
| Ferris wheel |
a ride at a carnival or amusement park made of a very large upright wheel with seats hanging from the rim. A motor turns the wheel while people sit in the seats. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. [1/2 definitions] |
| frame |
a rim or border that fits around something. [2/5 definitions] |
| lip |
the edge of a container such as a cup; rim. [1/2 definitions] |
| margarita |
a cocktail made of tequila and lemon or lime juice and usu. served in a glass whose rim is coated with salt. |
| noria |
a wheel fitted with buckets around the rim, used to lift water, as from a river to an irrigation ditch, esp. in Spain and the Orient. |
| rebound |
in basketball, the ball's bounce off the backboard or rim after a missed shot, or the act of catching the ball after its bounce. [1/5 definitions] |
| rim |
to fit with a rim or serve as a rim for; border. [1/3 definitions] |
| rimfire |
indicating a cartridge with the primer set in a rim around the base. |
| rimless |
combined form of rim. |
| rimrock |
rock that forms a natural rim around the edge of a rise, as above a steep precipice. |