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

  1. a chip containing such a memory
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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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

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.

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

A wee dram would set visitors rocking around this final Christmas "tree" on the Isle of Raasay.

From BBC

White has just played 90. b2-b3 when the dram really kicks in.

In 2017 a Swiss hotel drew notice for selling the world’s most expensive dram to a Chinese tourist.

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