TAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tam mean? 

• TAM (noun)
  The noun TAM has 1 sense:

1. a woolen cap of Scottish origin

  Familiarity information: TAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A woolen cap of Scottish origin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

tam; tam-o'-shanter; tammy

Hypernyms ("tam" is a kind of...):

cap (a tight-fitting headdress)

 Context examples 

“All de tam I watch dat Buck I know for sure. Lissen: some dam fine day heem get mad lak hell an’ den heem chew dat Spitz all up an’ spit heem out on de snow. Sure. I know.”

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Tamás and University of Szeged doctoral student Eszter Boldog dubbed these new cells rosehip neurons — to them, the dense bundle each brain cell's axon forms around the cell's center looks just like a rose after it has shed its petals, he said.

(Mysterious New Type of Human Brain Cell Discovered, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)