brim
noun/brɪm/
/brɪm/
- the top edge of a cup, bowl, glass, etc.
- two wine glasses, filled to the brim
- (figurative) I felt suddenly alive and full to the brim with enthusiasm.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryphrases- full to the brim
- fill something to the brim
- the flat edge around the bottom of a hat that sticks out
- She watched the crowd from beneath the brim of her hat.
- a straw hat with a wide brim
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- broad
- deep
- wide
- …
- beneath a/the brim
- under a/the brim
- -brimmed(in adjectives) having the type of brim mentioned
- a wide-brimmed hat
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting the edge of the sea or other body of water): perhaps related to German Bräme ‘trimming’.
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