rime

/raɪm/

Other forms: rimes; rimed; riming

Rime is a type of ice that forms when the moisture in fog freezes suddenly on an object. The white frost that forms on trees along mountain ridges is rime.

Rime can cause trouble for aircraft, as it also forms when a cloud's water droplets freeze to a surface, like the metal body of an airplane. Another, completely different, meaning of this word is "rhyme." It's simply an old-fashioned way to refer to the ending sounds of two words that sound alike — like "mouse" and "house." And "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is just a very long, very old, rhyming poem.

Definitions of rime

1. noun

   ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
   synonyms: frost, hoar, hoarfrost

   type of:

   ice, water ice

   water frozen in the solid state
2. noun

   correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
   synonyms: rhyme

   types:

   internal rhyme

   a rhyme between words in the same line

   alliteration, beginning rhyme, head rhyme, initial rhyme

   use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse

   assonance, vowel rhyme

   the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words

   consonance, consonant rhyme

   the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words

   double rhyme

   a two-syllable rhyme

   eye rhyme

   an imperfect rhyme on words that appear to rhyme (e.g., 'love' and `move')

   slant rhyme

   an imperfect rhyme in which only the vowel sounds or consonant sounds correspond, as in “far / part” or “last / taste

   type of:

   versification

   the form or metrical composition of a poem
3. verb

   be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable
   synonyms: rhyme

   types:

   assonate

   correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance

   type of:

   agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally

   be compatible, similar, or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
4. verb

   compose rhymes
   synonyms: rhyme

   types:

   tag

   supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes

   alliterate

   use alliteration as a form of poetry

   type of:

   create verbally

   create with or from words