Dictionary Entry
em
em is a 2-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
2 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 5 senses
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- 1
An obsolete or colloquial contraction of the old form hem, them.
- 2noun
The portion of a line formerly occupied by the letter m, then a square type, used as a unit by which to measure the amount of printed matter on a page; the square of the body of a type.
- 3
A prefix. See En-.
- 4noun
a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing
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- 5noun
a quad with a square body
"since `em quad' is hard to distinguish from `en quad', printers sometimes called it a `mutton quad'"
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