dram

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noun
  1. Measurements.

    • a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).

    • 1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). Abbreviation: dr., dr

  1. a small drink of liquor.

  2. a small quantity of anything.

verb (used without object),drammed, dram·ming.
  1. Archaic. to drink drams; tipple.

verb (used with object),drammed, dram·ming.
  1. Archaic. to ply with drink.

Origin of dram

1
1400–50; late Middle English dramme, assimilated variant of dragme<Old French <Late Latin dragma,Latin drachmadrachma

Other words from dram

  • half-dram, adjective, noun

Other definitions for DRAM (2 of 2)

DRAM
[ dee-ram ]

abbreviationComputers.
  1. dynamic RAM.

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British Dictionary definitions for dram (1 of 2)

dram

/ (dræm) /


noun
  1. one sixteenth of an ounce (avoirdupois). 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0018 kilogram

  2. Also called: drachm, drachma US one eighth of an apothecaries' ounce; 60 grains. 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0039 kilogram

  1. a small amount of an alcoholic drink, esp a spirit; tot

  2. the standard monetary unit of Armenia, divided into 100 lumas

Origin of dram

1
C15: from Old French dragme, from Late Latin dragma, from Greek drakhmē; see drachma

British Dictionary definitions for DRAM (2 of 2)

DRAM

D-RAM

/ (ˈdiːræm) /


n acronym for
  1. dynamic random access memory: a widely used type of random access memory: See RAM 1

noun
  1. a chip containing such a memory

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