rings

Saturn's icy halos

Rings is the plural of ring, which names anything circular and often hollow.

Rings include jewelry worn on fingers, the Olympic symbol, circus performance spaces, and the sound a bell makes.

To ring is to produce that sound, or to encircle: The city was ringed by mountains.

Boxing and wrestling happen in rings.

Phone calls ring.

That rings a bell means something sounds familiar.

Rings true describes what seems genuine.

planetary

Saturn

Ringed gas giant

  • JupiterLargest solar system planet
  • UranusSideways-spinning outer world
  • NeptuneEighth planet or sea deity

ice · rocks · Cassini · Voyager · moons · orbit · astronomy · telescope · Kuiper · debris

circular

hoop

Rigid circular frame

  • loopCurve closing on itself
  • circleCurved closed shape
  • roundCurved like circle

annulus · torus · coil · spiral · orbit · wheel · disc · circumference · concentric · encircle

jewelry

engagement

Commitment to wed or attend

  • weddingMarriage rite and feast
  • bandGroup playing music together
  • diamondCrystallized carbon gemstone

gold · silver · platinum · gemstone · finger · signet · eternity · promise · class · cocktail

sound

chime

Melodic bell sound

  • tollFee for passage
  • pealResonant ringing burst
  • bellHollow resonating instrument

ding · jingle · knell · tinkle · clang · clink · gong · carillon · ringtone · buzzer

ceremony

wedding

Marriage rite and feast

  • vowsSolemn binding promises
  • exchangeMutual giving and receiving
  • brideWoman getting married

groom · bearer · pillow · altar · matrimony · nuptials · officiant · chapel · unity · commitment

chemistry

bond

Binding tie or connection

cyclic · carbon · hexagonal · structure · organic · compound · heterocyclic · pyridine · furan · naphthalene

gymnastics

still

Unmoving, or continuing

dismount · chalk · swing · strength · iron · cross · handstand · muscle-up · circles · support

crime

syndicate

Combined group pursuing shared interest

organized · gang · operation · network · conspiracy · mob · racket · leader · criminal · underground

algebra

ideal

Standard of perfection

quotient · module · integral · domain · prime · maximal · unit · zero · divisor · isomorphism

tree

growth

Increase in size

cambium · age · cross-section · heartwood · sapwood · bark · concentric · counting · timber · wood

Categories
Opposites
sound production

ringssilences

Stops from speaking

mutes · quiets · hushes · deadens · stills

phone action

ringsdisconnects

Breaks a connection

hangs up

circular shape/enclosure

ringslines

Strokes connecting two points

straight lines · gaps · breaks

Phrases
Family

ring, ringing, ringed, ringer, erring, ringers

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G