ring

Noun

ring (plural rings)

1. A round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger.
2. A round piece of metal put around a bird"s leg used for identification and studies of migration.
3. A place where some sports take place; as, a boxing ring.
4. A group of people, usually involving some unethical or illegal practices; as a Crime ring.
5. (mathematics) An algebraic structure which is a group under addition and a monoid under multiplication.
6. (geometry) A planar geometrical figure included between two concentrical circles.
7. (astronomy) A formation of various pieces of material orbiting around a planet.
8. An old English measure of corn equal to the coomb or half a quarter.

   Quotations

   • 1866: The ring is common in the Huntingdonshire accounts of Ramsey Abbey. It was equal to half a quarter, i.e., is identical with the coomb of the eastern counties. — James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 1, p. 168.

9. (slang) a telephone call.

   I’ll give you a ring when the plane lands.

4 letters in word "ring": G I N R.

Anagrams of ring:

• girn

• grin

Words found within ring:

gi gin in rig rin

• rinforzando ←
• rines ←
• rine ←
• ring
• → ringbark
• → ringbarked
• → ringbarking