toom C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /tuːm/ UK /tuːm/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj dialectal Scots and northern English term meaning empty The barrel stood toom in the corner of the dusty cellar. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · dialectal scots and... emptyvacantvoidbare ↔ Opposites fullfilled Word family Related forms teem Etymology AI details From Old English tōm ('empty, free from'), of Germanic origin and cognate with Old Norse tómr; the source of the verb teem ('to empty out'). tōm Old English *tōmaz Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Register & Style External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # toom **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /tuːm/ **IPA (UK):** /tuːm/ ## Meanings 1. dialectal Scots and northern English term meaning empty ## Examples - The barrel stood toom in the corner of the dusty cellar. ## Synonyms - empty - vacant - void - bare ## Antonyms - full - filled ## Related Forms - teem ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tōm - Root: *tōmaz ## Etymology From Old English tōm ('empty, free from'), of Germanic origin and cognate with Old Norse tómr; the source of the verb teem ('to empty out'). ## AI Etymology Toom is from Old English tōm ('empty, free from'), of Germanic origin and cognate with Old Norse tómr; the source of the verb teem ('to empty out'). Important recorded forms include tōm (Old English) and *tōmaz (Proto-Germanic). The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers dialectal Scots and northern English term meaning empty. The wider family includes related words such as teem. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Register & Style markdown