tum

Other forms of tum

plural

tums·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tum

What does tum mean?

tum means "an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion".

How many syllables are in tum?

tum has 1 syllable: tum.

What is another word for tum?

Close synonyms include stomach, tummy, breadbasket. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tum a common word?

tum is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.