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abrim

/əˈbɹɪm/

adjective

Brimming, full to the brim.

First used First attested in the late 19ᵗʰ century.Scrabble 9

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Meanings

adjectiveabrim (not comparable)

not comparableBrimming, full to the brim.First known use First attested in the late 19ᵗʰ century.
the stand-place / Of carriages a-brim with Florence Beauties
1860, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “The Dance”, in Poems before Congress,, London: Chapman and Hall, page 21
2 more examples
Dyke and drain were everywhere abrim and here and there the water stood in the soaked fields as though they needed but little more to sink back into their ancient desolation of mere and fen.
1934, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Nine Tailors, New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, page 263
[…] we began taking turns stirring an enormous copper kettle abrim with New England clam chowder.
2014, James K. Morrow, chapter 2, in The Madonna and the Starship, San Francisco: Tachyon, page 48

adverbabrim (not comparable)

not comparableBrimming, full to the brim.First known use First attested in the late 19ᵗʰ century.

Origin

From a- + brim.

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Translations

Dutch boordevol, stampvol

boordevolbrimming
stampvolbrimming
bomvolbrimming
overlopendbrimming
afgeladenbrimming

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with abrim

him jim kim gym slim swim dim grim limb synonym hymn vim Joachim skim Zim prim whim crim Karim brim nim nym bream frum

Anagrams

mbira mbari rambi imbar brami

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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