ream

[reem] / rim /

NOUN

heap

Synonyms

STRONGEST

batch bundle scad stack ton

STRONG

abundance agglomeration aggregation assemblage bank bulk bunch cargo clump cluster collection concentration congeries deposit fullness gathering gobs harvest haul hill hoard jillion jumble load lot lots lump mass million mint mound mountain much multiplicity ocean oodles plenty pot profusion quantity stock stockpile store sum thousand total trillion volume whole

WEAK

a lot amassment great deal

Antonyms

STRONG

debt ditch individual lack little need one part valley want

Example Sentences

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When L.A. finally does get to the point of construction, a new ream of issues related to labor and supplies will likely crop up.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2025

Then I tore open a new ream of paper and aligned it atop the hundred pages left from the first ream, took a sheet, rolled it into my typewriter and started writing:

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2023

"I shouldn't need to be looking in September at what supermarket chain has the cheapest ream of paper so I can ask parents to buy a ream per child."

From BBC • May 24, 2023

On Monday, state-run media reported Mr. Kim’s presence at the testing sites for the first time in five months, releasing a ream of photographs.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2022

I can see Barb’s about to really ream me out, so I decide to make my exit.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

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