RIMES

5 letters 7 Scrabble points

Definition of RIMES

verb
  1. To compose or treat in verse; versify.

  2. (followed by with) Of a word, to be pronounced identically with another from the vowel in its stressed syllable to the end.

    ""Creation" rhymes with "integration" and "station"."

  3. Of two or more words, to be pronounced identically from the vowel in the stressed syllable of each to the end of each.

    ""India" and "windier" rhyme with each other in non-rhotic accents."

noun
  1. Ice formed by the rapid freezing of cold water droplets of fog on to a cold surface.

    Synonyms: frost hoarfrost
  2. A coating or sheet of ice so formed.

  3. A film or slimy coating.

Related words: frost hoarfrost
verb
  1. To freeze or congeal into hoarfrost.

noun
  1. Number.

  2. Rhyme.

    "Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in the 18th century."

  3. The second part of a syllable, from the vowel on, as opposed to the onset.

noun
  1. A step of a ladder; a rung.

noun
  1. A rent or long aperture; a chink; a fissure; a crack.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters R I M E S
Length 5 letters
Scrabble Score 7 points

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