1syllable
reams
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Definitions ofreams
1verb
- To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
1verb
- To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider.
- To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
- To remove (material) by reaming.
- To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole.
- To yell at or berate.
- (by extension from sense of enlarging a hole) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way.
1noun
- A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
- (chiefly in the plural) An abstract large amount of something.
Example: "I can't go – I still have reams of work left."
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