ream
IPA: rˈim
noun
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
- A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
- (chiefly in the plural) An abstract large amount of something.
- A surname.
verb
- (UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
- (transitive) To enlarge (a hole), especially using a reamer; to bore (a hole) wider.
- (transitive) To remove (material) by reaming.
- (transitive) To remove burrs and debris from inside (something, such as a freshly bored hole) using a tool.
- To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
- (slang, vulgar, by extension from sense of enlarging a hole) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way.
- (slang) To yell at or berate.
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Examples of "ream" in Sentences
- Where can I get the ream of papers
- The factory produces reams of papers.
- Where did you put the reams of papers
- Ream Eyso is a giant and the storm spirit.
- The reams of papers are sold in the market.
- The man bought reams of papers from the market.
- In the metric system, reams and bundles do exist.
- Production orientation focuses on reams of producing goods.
- Ream Eyso's ax flying toward the goddess creates the thunder.
- A ream of paper is a quantity of sheets of the same size and quality.
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