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dram

1

[ dram ]

noun

  1. Measurements.
    1. a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
    2. 1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). : dr., dr
  2. a small drink of liquor.
  3. 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.

DRAM

2

[ dee-ram ]

abbreviation for

, Computers.
  1. dynamic RAM.

DRAM

1

/ ˈdiːræm /

acronym for

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


noun

  1. a chip containing such a memory

dram

2

/ dræm /

noun

  1. one sixteenth of an ounce (avoirdupois). 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0018 kilogram
  2. Also calleddrachmdrachma one eighth of an apothecaries' ounce; 60 grains. 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0039 kilogram
  3. a small amount of an alcoholic drink, esp a spirit; tot
  4. the standard monetary unit of Armenia, divided into 100 lumas

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Other Words From

  • half-dram adjective noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dram1

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dram1

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

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Example Sentences

The Hakushu 12 was a little peaty and nutty, the kind of dram I want to unwind with after a fine restaurant meal.

The umpires, having partaken of a dram, shook hands and departed, as they had to drive out of town that night.

A grave-digger was carrying one of these deceased angels to the churchyard, when he stept into a tavern to take a dram.

They must have a dram together in a stall removed from the congregation of steaming men at the long bar.

What avails the dram of brandy while it swims chemically united with its barrel of wort?

Morsfield poured out for the injured countess or no-countess a dram of the brandy of passion, under the breath.

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