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Antonyms for ream
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : reem |
| Phonetic Transcription : rim |
Definition of ream
Origin :- measure of paper, mid-14c., from Old French reyme, from Spanish resma, from Arabic rizmah "bundle" (of paper), from rasama "collect into a bundle." The Moors brought manufacture of cotton paper to Spain.
- Early variant rym (late 15c.) suggests a Dutch influence (cf. Dutch riem), probably borrowed from Spanish during the time of Hapsburg control of Holland. For ordinary writing paper, 20 quires of 24 sheets each, or 480 sheets; often 500 or more to allow for waste; slightly different numbers for drawing or printing paper.
- noun heap
- "If you're so hungry, help yourself to a ream of fish-wafer," snapped Sayre.
- Extract from : « The Gay Rebellion » by Robert W. Chambers
- One letter from you would do her more good than a ream of mine.
- Extract from : « The Works of William Cowper » by William Cowper
- Mary returned to the pony, and Richard to his ream, which he was cutting into sermon-paper.
- Extract from : « Blood Royal » by Grant Allen
- Perhaps so; but if I have tired you, it is more than you could do by me, were you to fill a ream of paper.
- Extract from : « Dr. Arne and Rule, Britannia » by William Hayman Cummings
- They give a better picture of the condition of society, than a ream of notes.
- Extract from : « The Colonial Cavalier » by Maud Wilder Goodwin
- The sum he eventually paid for the paper was 25 roubles (£1) a ream!
- Extract from : « The Life of George Borrow » by Herbert Jenkins
- I suppose that in England or in France the ream consists of 500 sheets?
- Extract from : « Garcia the Centenarian And His Times » by M. Sterling Mackinlay
- Gave Father a ream of paper, and he gave me Emerson's picture; so both were happy.
- Extract from : « Louisa May Alcott » by Louisa May Alcott
- So I'm going to write you a ream, Matilda Anne, whether you like it or not.
- Extract from : « The Prairie Wife » by Arthur Stringer
- Fly-leaves should be made of white book paper, 80 pounds to the ream, guarded with jaconet on both sides.
- Extract from : « Library Bookbinding » by Arthur Low Bailey
Synonyms for ream
- a lot
- abundance
- agglomeration
- aggregation
- amassment
- assemblage
- bank
- batch
- bulk
- bunch
- bundle
- cargo
- clump
- cluster
- collection
- concentration
- congeries
- deposit
- fullness
- gathering
- gobs
- great deal
- harvest
- haul
- hill
- hoard
- jillion
- jumble
- load
- lot
- lots
- lump
- mass
- million
- mint
- mound
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- ocean
- oodles
- plenty
- pot
- profusion
- quantity
- scad
- stack
- stock
- stockpile
- store
- sum
- thousand
- ton
- total
- trillion
- volume
- whole
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