RIMLESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rimless mean? 

• RIMLESS (adjective)
  The adjective RIMLESS has 1 sense:

1. lacking a rim or frame

  Familiarity information: RIMLESS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIMLESS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking a rim or frame

Context example:

rimless glasses

Antonym:

rimmed (having a rim or a rim of a specified kind)

 Context examples 

Their results suggested that, while the rimless lesions generally shrank, the rimmed lesions either grew or stayed the same size and were particularly damaged.

(Smoldering spots in the brain may signal severe multiple sclerosis, National Institutes of Health)

Further analysis showed that 44 percent of patients had only rimless lesions; 34 percent had one to three rimmed lesions; and 22 percent had four or more rimmed lesions.

(Smoldering spots in the brain may signal severe multiple sclerosis, National Institutes of Health)