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ream

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/ɚiːm/ English

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noun

  1. Cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general.

verb

  1. To cream; mantle; foam; froth.

verb

  1. To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider.
  2. To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
  3. To remove (material) by reaming.
  4. To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole.

noun

  1. A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) An abstract large amount of something.“I can't go – I still have reams of work left.”

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