som

/ (sɒm) /

noun plural somy (ˈsɒmɪ)

the standard monetary unit of Kyrgyzstan, divided into 100 tyiyn

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Words nearby som

Solyman, Solyman I, Solyom, Solzhenitsyn, Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, som, SOM1, soma, somaesthesia, Somali, Somalia

British Dictionary definitions for som (2 of 2)

Som.

abbreviation for

Somerset

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Example sentences from the Web for som

Som has always blended polish with an eccentric sense of color and pattern.
The Oscar de la Renta Effect|Robin Givhan|September 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
By this ye may se, that they, that have but small lernyng, som tyme speke truely unaduysed.
Shakespeare Jest-Books;|Unknown
In which plate we lost 14½ in som, 15½ in other, and in som more.
Diary of Richard Cocks, Volume II|Richard Cocks
Words really sound differently in som connections than in others; and habit asserts itself in spite of reson.
The Unpopular Review Vol. I|Various

Som thought to have fled, but were taken, the King of Firando haveing geven charge that no boate should passe out of the iland.
Diary of Richard Cocks Vol. I|Richard Cocks
I was to work over to the Block House and took my Farewel of working their & all our sick were drawd up & som dischargd.
The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775|Abraham Tomlinson

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