minim

1. 1.

   a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters

   BroaderBritish capacity unit

   Part offluidram
2. 2.

   a United States liquid unit equal to 1/60 fluidram

   BroaderUnited States liquid unit

   Part offluidram
3. 3.

   a musical note having the time value of half a whole note

   Synonymshalf note

   Broadernote

Other forms of minim

plural

minims·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about minim

What does minim mean?

minim means "a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 1/60th fluid dram or 0.059194 cubic centimeters". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in minim?

minim has 2 syllables: mi-nim. The stress falls on "mi".

What is another word for minim?

Close synonyms include half note. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is minim a common word?

minim is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.