"tam" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tæm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tam.wav Forms: tams [plural]
Etymology: Short for tam o'shanter. Etymology templates: {{short for|en|tam o'shanter}} Short for tam o'shanter. Head templates: {{en-noun}} tam (plural tams)
  1. Clipping of tam o'shanter, a type of cap. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: tam o'shanter (extra: a type of cap) Categories (topical): Headwear
    Sense id: en-tam-en-noun-2SzXndHE Disambiguation of Headwear: 69 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 36 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 36 entries: 2 2 3 0 1 2 10 23 10 2 0 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 6 5 2 6 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 2 0 0 1 11 27 10 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 7 6 0 0 1 1 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tæm/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tam.wav Forms: tams [plural]
Etymology: From the Cantonese pronunciation of 擔/担. Etymology templates: {{der|en|yue|-}} Cantonese Head templates: {{en-noun}} tam (plural tams)
  1. Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts. Synonyms: picul [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: nicky-tam, qui tam, som tam, tam-tam
    Sense id: en-tam-en-noun-J~G7FpIq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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