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