Associations to the word «Ream»

Wiktionary

REAM, noun. (UK dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.
REAM, verb. (UK dialectal) (Northern England) (Scotland) To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
REAM, verb. To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider.
REAM, verb. To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
REAM, verb. To remove (material) by reaming.
REAM, verb. To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole.
REAM, verb. (slang) To yell at or berate.
REAM, verb. (slang) (vulgar) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way, by analogy with definition 1.
REAM, noun. A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
REAM, noun. (chiefly in the plural) An abstract large amount of something.

Dictionary definition

REAM, noun. A large quantity of written matter; "he wrote reams and reams".
REAM, noun. A quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires.
REAM, verb. Squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer; "ream oranges".
REAM, verb. Remove by making a hole or by boring; "the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment".
REAM, verb. Enlarge with a reamer; "ream a hole".

Wise words

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