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tom

noun verb

A flat gong (without knob) that is struck with a felt-covered hammer.

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Word Facts

Word length
3
Starts with
T
Ends with
M
Contains
O
Scrabble score
5
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/tɒm/ /tɑm/

Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. A flat gong (without knob) that is struck with a felt-covered hammer.

noun

  1. The male of the domesticated cat.

  2. The male of the turkey.

  3. The male of the orangutan.

  4. The male of certain other animals.

  5. Prostitutes

  6. A lesbian.

  7. The jack of trumps in the card game gleek.

  8. A close-stool.

noun

  1. A small joined pair of drums, beaten with the hands.

  2. (usually as a pair) Any cylindrical drum, with no snare; part of a drum kit.

noun

  1. A tomato (the fruit).

    “Toms 90p a pound”

noun

  1. Jewellery

verb

  1. (of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority.

verb

  1. To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability.

In context

Example Sentences

Toms 90p a pound

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