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The definition of a brim is the edge at the very top of a dish, or a rim or edge on something.
(noun)- An example of a brim is the top edge of a bowl.
- An example of a brim is the part of a hat that shields your eyes.
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See brim in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- the topmost edge of a cup, glass, bowl, etc.
- Archaic
- a rim or edge around a body of water
- the water at such an edge
- a projecting rim or edge of anything: the brim of a hat
Origin: ME brimme, akin to ON barmr, rim: for IE base see broom
Related Forms:
- brimless adjective
See brim in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The rim or uppermost edge of a hollow container or natural basin.
- A projecting rim or edge: the brim of a hat.
- A border or an edge. See Synonyms at border.
- Full capacity: “No sooner had the fighting started than the hotel filled to the brim with a most extraordinary collection of people” (George Orwell).
- To be full to the brim, often to overflowing: The cup is brimming with chowder.
- To be abundantly filled or supplied: a monument brimming with tourists; workers brimming with pride.
To fill to the brim.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English brimme
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