Definitions for reams

reams ream

Spelling: [reem]
IPA: /rim/

Reams is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in reams (aemrs).

Definitions for reams

noun

  1. a standard quantity of paper, consisting of 20 quires or 500 sheets (formerly 480 sheets), or 516 sheets (printer's ream or perfect ream)
  2. Usually, reams. a large quantity:

verb (used with object)

  1. to enlarge to desired size (a previously bored hole) by means of a reamer.
  2. to clear with a reamer; remove or press out by reaming.
  3. to extract the juice from:
  4. Slang. to scold or reprimand severely (usually followed by out). to cheat; defraud.

Origin of reams

1350-1400; Middle English rem(e) Middle French reime, rame Spanish rezma Arabic rizmah bale

Examples for reams

reams have been written about it, and they leave us none the wiser.

reams of lab results, refill requests, emails, and callbacks pop up continually on the computer screen.

Mr Cadell's "People's Editions" exhausted 227,631 reams, or 2848 tons.

Last Friday morning, reams of documents filled the room-there were more than 800 binders of them packed against one wall alone.

He wrote annually reams of the best-intentioned and vapid sermons.

These reams are compressed, tied up, and sent to the warehouse for sale.

But of three reams of paper only thirty-three impressions were won in the end.

Your most grating acquaintance could – and usually would – bombard you with reams of unoriginal drivel at the press of a key.

But reams of data shows that incarceration creates more crime.

There are Halo novels, miniseries, and reams of florid fan-fiction.

Word Value for reams
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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