ream
noun
1. a large quantity of written matter
- he wrote reams and reams
Definition categories: quantity
2. a quantity of paper; 480 or 500 sheets; one ream equals 20 quires
Definition categories: quantity
Sentences with ream as a noun:
- I can't go – I still have reams of work left.
verb
1. squeeze the juice out (of a fruit) with a reamer
- ream oranges
Definition categories: contact, express, extract
2. remove by making a hole or by boring
- the dentist reamed out the debris in the course of the root canal treatment
Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw
3. enlarge with a reamer
- ream a hole