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Definition of tum noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tum

noun

/tʌm/

/tʌm/

(British English, informal)

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a person’s stomach or the area around the stomach
- I’d like to lose some weight from my tum.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: abbreviation of tummy.

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