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. fluid dram.
3. a small drink of liquor.
4. 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. 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

Other Words From

• half-dram adjective noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dram¹

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

Example Sentences

In 1966, Mr. Dennard invented a way to store one digital bit on one transistor — a technology called dynamic random-access memory, or DRAM, which holds the information as an electrical charge that slowly fades over time and must be refreshed periodically.

From New York Times

“DRAM has made much of modern computing possible,” said John Hennessy, chair of Alphabet, Google’s parent company.

From New York Times

With bourbon, allspice dram, lime and bitters, it tasted dark, strong, warm and tropical simultaneously, a storm on an island, somehow ideal for being ensconced inside Daphnes on a rainy Edmonds autumn afternoon.

From Seattle Times

Compared with traditional servers — the hardware that underpins desktops and databases — the servers built for artificial intelligence can require four times the memory, called DRAM.

From New York Times

To him, spirits provided what he called “accessible luxury” to customers — a dram of the good life even in an unstable economy.

From New York Times