Baum

American  

[bawm, bahm, boum] / bɔm, bɑm, baʊm /

noun

1. L(yman) Frank 1856–1919, U.S. journalist, playwright, and author of children's books.

2. Vicki, 1888–1960, U.S. novelist, born in Austria.

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Baum British  

/ bɔːm, bɑːm /

noun

1. L ( yman ) Frank 1856–1919, US novelist, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and its sequels

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Example Sentences

“Wicked: For Good” features silver heels — a nod to L. Frank Baum’s original novel — but alludes to the red shoes when Nessarose begs to revisit that high-flying night at the Ozdust Ballroom.

From Los Angeles Times

Leonard Baum, a mathematician who helped develop hidden Markov models — algorithms that find patterns in seemingly random sequences — started collecting everything.

From MarketWatch

Baum decided to keep the card for now.

From The Wall Street Journal

Andy Baum, the county’s outside attorney leading the defense effort, told a judge in a June hearing that he viewed it as an “inventory settlement.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Since I was 11, I’ve gone almost every year with my dad to Zion National Park in Utah,” wrote Joshua G. Baum of West Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times