n.
- a book forming part of a work or series.
▸a single book or a bound collection of printed sheets.
▸a consecutive sequence of issues of a periodical.
▸historical a parchment or papyrus scroll.
- the amount of space occupied by a substance or object, or enclosed within a container.
▸an amount or quantity, especially when great.
▸fullness of hair.
- degree of loudness.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. volum(e), from L. volumen, volumin- ‘a roll’, from volvere ‘to roll’.