tam

«tam» in Mova's school dictionary: a soft, round, flat woollen cap, often with a bobble… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a tam, tams); abbreviation or fragment (tam)

meaning for a pupil

1) A tam (short for tam-o'-shanter) is a soft, round, flat woollen cap, often with a bobble (pom-pom) on top, traditionally worn in Scotland. tree →

2) (Ukrainian, in Latin letters) «Tam» means «there» in Ukrainian (там), said like «tum»; it is not an English word in that sense. tree →

3) Tam is also a short form of the name Tamsin or Thomas (a name). tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and history it is part of traditional Scottish dress. «Tam o' Shanter» is a poem by Robert Burns about a farmer chased by witches. In Ukrainian lessons «tut i tam» means «here and there». Phrases: «a tartan tam», «tam-o'-shanter», «tut i tam» (Ukrainian).

examples

• The piper wore a tartan tam with a red bobble. tree →
• In winter Nan knits me a woolly tam. tree →
• «Tam o' Shanter» is a poem by Robert Burns. tree →
• In Ukrainian, «Vin tam» means «He is there». tree →
• My friend Tam plays the bagpipes. tree →
• A tam is softer and flatter than a beanie. tree →

note

Countable: a tam, tams. Not to be confused with a «tam-tam», a large gong. In Ukrainian the word is written там in Cyrillic.

In the corpora

• In Aberdeen, Nell has invented two brothers, Rab and Tam, who get blamed for every mess.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «tam» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.