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toom

adjective

ˈtüm How to pronounce toom (audio)
Definition of toomnext
chiefly Scottish
as in empty
lacking contents that could or should be present the little shop in Edinburgh now stood toom

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  1. empty
  2. devoid
  3. barren
Adjective
  • For the Dodgers, the worst tickets seldom fall to market rate, because the team would rather live with a few empty seats rather than condition fans to hold out for a lower price.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • These simple and easily transportable sliders guarantee you’ll be left with an empty dish.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of empty
Adjective
  • In a show mostly devoid of explicit messages, the sentiment surprised me.
    — Max Norman, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
  • Players take on the role of a Ditto capable of mimicking its human trainer, and the Pokémon is thrown into a world devoid of humans.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
Definition of devoid
Adjective
  • Later, this same organic material hitched a ride on crashing meteorites to seed a young, barren Earth.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In one of these journals, called Notebook B, there is an incidental sketch, a few scratched lines like the barren twigs of a winter tree.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of barren
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“Toom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toom. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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