Ream vs Trolley - What's the difference?
ream | trolley |
To cream; mantle; foam; froth.
* Sir Walter Scott
To enlarge a hole, especially using a reamer; to bore a hole wider.
To shape or form, especially using a reamer.
To remove (material) by reaming.
To remove burrs and debris from a freshly bored hole.
(slang) To yell at or berate.
(slang, vulgar) To sexually penetrate in a rough and painful way, by analogy with definition 1.
A bundle, package, or quantity of paper, nowadays usually containing 500 sheets.
An abstract large amount of something.
(Australian, New Zealand, British) A cart or shopping cart.
(British) A hand truck.
(British) A .
(British) A gurney.
A single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electical line usually for a streetcar.
(US) A streetcar or a system of streetcars.
(US, colloquial) A light rail system or a train on such a system.
A truck from which the load is suspended in some kinds of cranes.
A truck which travels along the fixed conductors in an electric railway, and forms a means of connection between them and a railway car.
To bring to by trolley.
To use a trolley vehicle to go from one place to another.
As nouns the difference between ream and trolley
is that ream is cream; also, the creamlike froth on ale or other liquor; froth or foam in general while trolley is a cart or shopping cart.As verbs the difference between ream and trolley
is that ream is to cream; mantle; foam; froth while trolley is to bring to by trolley.ream
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) reme, rem, from (etyl) . See also (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l)Verb
(en verb)- a huge pewter measuring pot which, in the language of the hostess, reamed with excellent claret
Etymology 2
From (etyl) remen, rimen, . More at (l).Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l)Verb
(en verb)Etymology 3
From (etyl) reeme, from (etyl) raime, .Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(en noun)- I can't go - I still have reams of work left.
