cum /kʊm, kʌm/ BrE AmE preposition
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: 'with' ]
used between two nouns to show that something has two purposes:
a kitchen-cum-dining room
a lunch-cum-business meeting
cum /kʊm, kʌm/ BrE AmE preposition
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: 'with' ]
used between two nouns to show that something has two purposes:
a kitchen-cum-dining room
a lunch-cum-business meeting
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012