tam

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
5
Words With Friends
6
Letters
3
Pronunciation
/tæm/

Definition of tam

10 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.
    “Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams, kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees.”
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noun

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.
    “Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams, kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees.”
  2. Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of tense, aspect, and mood.
    “[…] then it would make sense to view Australian past irrealises as TAM forms combining a modal stative predicate (conveying e.g. a capacity, expectation, or desire state) with a past imperfective content.”
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of total addressable/available market.
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of technology acceptance model.

name

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of Tamaulipas: a state of Mexico.
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Transantarctic Mountains: a mountain range in Antarctica.
  3. A diminutive of the female given name Tamara.
  4. A diminutive of the female given name Tamsin.
  5. A surname.

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Etymology

Ellipsis of tam o'shanter.

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