REAM
\ɹˈiːm], \ɹˈiːm], \ɹ_ˈiː_m]\
Definitions of REAM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires
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a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams"
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enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole"
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remove by making a hole with a reamer; "ream paper"
By Princeton University
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a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires
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a large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams"
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enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole"
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remove by making a hole with a reamer; "ream paper"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale.
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To cream; to mantle.
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To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
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A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.
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To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer.
By Oddity Software
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Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale.
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To cream; to mantle.
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To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
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A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.
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To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer.
By Noah Webster.
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Twenty quires, or 480 sheets, of paper; also, 516 sheets (printers' ream).
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To enlarge or taper (a hole), especially in metal; often with out.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
