pram

¹

[ pram ]

noun

, Chiefly British Informal.

1. perambulator.

pram

²

[ prahm ]

noun

1. a flat-bottomed, snub-nosed boat used as a fishing vessel or tender for larger vessels.

pram

¹

/ præm /

noun

1. a cot-like four-wheeled carriage for a baby US and Canadian termbaby carriage

pram

²

/ prɑːm /

noun

1. nautical a light tender with a flat bottom and a bow formed from the ends of the side and bottom planks meeting in a small raised transom

Word History and Origins

Origin of pram¹

First recorded in 1880–85; by shortening

Origin of pram²

First recorded in 1540–50 ( late 14th century in Anglo-Latin ); from Dutch praam, Middle Dutch prame, praem (compare Middle Low German pram(e), Old Frisian pram, German Prahm ), from Slavic; compare Czech prám, Polish prom, Russian paróm, Serbo-Croatian prȁm “ferryboat, raft,” cognate with Old High German farm “boat, raft,” Old Norse farmr “freight, cargo”; akin to fare, ferry

Word History and Origins

Origin of pram¹

C19: shortened and altered from perambulator

Origin of pram²

C16: from Middle Dutch prame; related to Old Frisian prām

Example Sentences

Good - who has been described by her family as an "all-round outstanding human" - then saw Cauchi stabbing her nine-month-old baby girl in her pram, and was further wounded trying to save the child's life, the court heard.

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“This is a Jewish neighbourhood and to say something that's so inflammatory about the community was upsetting,” a woman called Sharon told me as she packed her grandchild’s pram into a car in a house opposite the high school last August.

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The court heard that on the day of the murder, Dempsey left her children in Armstrong’s care while she left to go to Belfast to buy a pram.

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This is unacceptable for disabled passengers, since these devices are smaller than a pram, and can easily fold up to fit into a cupboard or an overhead locker.

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She told BBC News NI she was once left “stranded in Coleraine” because the wheelchair space on the bus was taken by someone travelling with a pram.

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