vol•umeˈvɒl yum, -yəm(n.)

1. the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies. the measured amount that a container or other object can hold; cubic capacity.

   Category: Physics

2. a mass or quantity, esp. a large quantity, of something:

   a volume of mail.

3. amount; total:

   the volume of sales.

4. mass; bulk.

5. the degree of sound intensity or audibility; loudness:

   to turn up the volume on a radio.

   Category: Physics

6. fullness or quantity of tone.

7. a book, esp. as a separately bound portion of a larger work, or as one of a series of works.

   Category: Library Science

8. a set of issues of a periodical, often covering one year.

   Category: Common Vocabulary, Library Science

9. a roll of papyrus, parchment, etc.; scroll.

   Category: Ancient History

Idioms for volume:

1. speak volumes, to be expressive or full of meaning.

   Category: Idiom

Origin of volume:

1350–1400; < MF < L volūmen roll (of sheets), der. of volvere to roll

vol′umed(adj.)