A frost formed on cold objects by the rapid freezing of water vapor in cloud or fog. The trees were covered in a delicate rime after the cold night.
A coating, as of mud or slime, likened to a layer of frost. The old boat was covered in a rime of algae after years in the water.
(Archaic) A word or line of verse that has the same terminal sound as another; rhyme. The poet searched for a fitting rime to pair with “night.”
(Phonology) The portion of a syllable consisting of its nucleus and any following consonants. In the syllable /kæt/, the rime is /æt/.