volume
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,413 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,114 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object the gas expanded to twice its original volume
- the property of something that is great in magnitude also: bulk, mass it is cheaper to buy it in bulkhe received a mass of correspondence
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together also: book he used a large book as a doorstop
- a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications the third volume was missinghe asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review
- a relative amount mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water
- the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction) also: loudness, intensity the kids played their music at full volume
volume in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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As he gained distance from the land the ocean swelled with increasing volume.
The Eternal Maiden · T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré · Chapter 1
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Each volume contains 8 colored illustrations, 31 stories, one for each day of the month.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels · Howard Roger Garis · Chapter 1
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To autographic copies Upon my choicest shelf,-- To every dainty volume The rogue has helped himself.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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He had read it in a volume of `sketches twenty-five years ago, and was interrupted before the end was reached.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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She has written very well on the works of Canova, and also a volume of Characters, besides other printed matter.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement — No. 474 · Various · Chapter 1