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ream1 n 1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a number of sheets of paper, formerly 480 sheets (short ream), now 500 sheets (long ream) or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream). One ream is equal to 20 quires 2. (often plural) Informal a large quantity, esp of written matter he wrote reams [from Old French raime, from Spanish rezma, from Arabic rizmah bale] ream2 vb (tr) 1. to enlarge (a hole) by use of a reamer 2. US to extract (juice) from (a citrus fruit) using a reamer [perhaps from C14 remen to open up, from Old English rȳman to widen] Ream a bale or bundle of clothes or paper; specifically, today, 500 sheets; a large amount of paper, 1392. Examples: ream of ballads, 1630; of bloom, 1699; of modern plays, 1814; of nonsense; of rhyme, 1839; of writing paper, 1689.
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Translations ream1 [riːm] N [of paper] → resma f reams (fig) → montones mpl ream2 [riːm] VT (Tech) (also ream out) → escariar ream ream [riːm] n → risma reams npl (fig) (fam) → pagine e pagine fpl ream [riːm] n → risma reams npl (fig) (fam) → pagine e pagine fpl n ream [riːm] a measure for paper, equal to 480 sheets. riem رُزْمَة وَرَق топ хартия rys ris das Ries δεσμίδα resma riis یک بند کاغذ یا یک بسته کاغذ riisi rame חָבילַת נְייָר बीस दस्ता कागज की गड्डी rizma papira (=480 araka) rizsma rim rís risma 連 연(連) stopa (papīrlokšņu mērvienība) rīse rim riem ris ryza resma top (de hârtie) стопа rys, papierenská miera ris mera za papir ris จำนวนกระดาษ 480 แผ่น 480'lik kağıt topu 令(紙張計算單位,等於480張紙) стос паперу کاغز کی پیماءش ram giấy 令(纸张计数单位) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I suppose there was a matter of half a ream of brown paper stuck upon me, from first to last. He'd write letters by the ream, if it was a capital offence She answered it with reams of passion, clumsy, for she had no gift of expression, ill-written, and vulgar; the letter bored him, and when it was followed next day by another, and the day after by a third, he began to think her love no longer flattering but alarming. |
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