toom
A piece of waste ground where rubbish is depositedA piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited.
» They asked me what Toom looked like.
Ich wurde gefragt, wie Tom aussehe.
Meaning
2 senses(Scottish)A piece of waste ground where rubbish is deposited.
(uncountable, usually)Vacant time, leisure.
Examples
1 sentencesThey asked me what Toom looked like.
deIch wurde gefragt, wie Tom aussehe. — Waldelfe
Origin
From Middle English toom, tom, from Old English tōm (“empty”), from Proto-West Germanic *tFrom Middle English toom, tom, from Old English tōm (“empty”), from Proto-West Germanic *tōm(ī), from Proto-Germanic *tōm(ij)az (“free, available, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *doma- (“to tame”), *dema- (“to build”). Cognate with Danish and Swedish tom (“empty, vacant”), Icelandic tómur (“empty”).
From Middle English toom, tome, tom, from Old Norse tóm (“vacant time, leisure”), from Proto-Germanic *tōmą (“vacant time, leisure”). Related to Old Norse tómr (“vacant, empty”).
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