toom

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US /tuːm/ UK /tuːm/ See IPA manual

adj verb

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adj
dialectal Scots and northern English term meaning empty

The barrel stood toom in the corner of the dusty cellar.

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1 adj · dialectal scots and... empty vacant void bare

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full filled

Word family

Related forms teem

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').

tōm Old English *tōmaz Proto-Germanic

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# toom

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj, verb
**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.

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