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Synonyms
ream1 (rēm)

[Middle English reme, from Old French reime, from Old Spanish resma, from Arabic rizma, bundle, from razama, to bundle.]

noun 

  1. A quantity of paper, formerly 480 sheets, now 500 sheets or, in a printer's ream, 516 sheets.
  2. A very large amount. Often used in the plural: reams of work to do.
ream2 (rēm)

[Possibly from Middle English remen, to make room, variant of rimen, from Old English rȳman.]

transitive verb: reamed, ream·ing, reams. 

  1. To form, shape, taper, or enlarge (a hole or bore, for example) with or as if with a reamer.
  2. To remove (material) by this process.
  3. To squeeze the juice out of (fruit) with a reamer.