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Meaning of 'ream' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Ream [ n.]
- Cream; also, the cream or froth on ale.
- A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, usually consisting of twenty quires or 480 sheets.
2 . Ream [ v. i.]
- To cream; to mantle.
3 . Ream [ v. t.]
- To stretch out; to draw out into thongs, threads, or filaments.
- 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.

Meaning of 'ream' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . ream [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a large quantity of written matter
Example in sentence:
  • he wrote reams and reams
2 . ream [ v]
Meaning (2):
- enlarge with a reamer
Example in sentence:
  • ream a hole
Meaning (3):
- squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer
Example in sentence:
  • ream oranges
Meaning (4):
- remove by making a hole or by boring
Example in sentence:
  • the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment

Nearby Words:

reabsorb reabsorption reaccess reaccuse reach reachable reached reacher reaching reachless

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