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Noun volume has 6 senses

volume - the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume"
--₁ is a kind of measure, quantity, amount
--₁ has parts:
volume unit, capacity unit, capacity measure, cubage unit, cubic measure, cubic content unit, displacement unit, cubature unit
--₁ has particulars: capacity, content
bulk, mass, volume - the property of something that is great in magnitude; "it is cheaper to buy it in bulk"; "he received a mass of correspondence"; "the volume of exports"
--₂ is a kind of magnitude
--₂ has particulars: dollar volume, turnover

book, volume - physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop"
--₃ is a kind of product, production
--₃ has parts: binding, book binding, cover, back
--₃ has particulars:

volume - a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications; "the third volume was missing"; "he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review"
--₄ is a kind of publication
--₄ is a member of set
volume - a relative amount; "mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water"
--₅ is a kind of measure, quantity, amount
volume, loudness, intensity - the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume"
--₆ is a kind of sound property
--₆ has particulars: crescendo; forte, fortissimo