chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for toom
Adjective
  • Imagine nearly every seat in Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center − over 20,000 seats − are empty.
    Kymberlee Montgomery, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2025
  • On a rainy morning, the restaurant, made up of a few four-seat tables leading to the stage area, was mostly empty.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Banking has become functionally correct but emotionally devoid, with the industry swimming in a sea of sameness.
    Michael Abbott, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Delle, devoid for so long from its intrinsic need for social interaction might be filling in the gaps by talking to himself.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • So, why would an elite striker commit to two potentially barren years?
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The project’s fertilizer by-product will support farmers and transform barren land into fertile farmland, according to Prasad.
    Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Toom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toom. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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