DRAM

UK: /ˈdræm/ US: /dræm/ ,(dram)

Inflections of 'dram' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

drams

v 3rd person singular

dramming

v pres p

drammed

v past

drammed

v past p

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DRAM, D-RAM / ˈdiːræm/ acronym:noun

1. dynamic random access memory: a widely used type of random access memory
   See RAM1

noun

1. a chip containing such memory

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dram /dræm/   n. [countable]

1. Weights and Measures
   • a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1&sfracdenom;8&sfracend; of an ounce (3.89 grams).
   • 1&sfracdenom;16&sfracend; of an ounce in avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains;
     1.77 grams).
2. Wine a small drink of liquor.
3. a small amount of anything.

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dram  (dram), n., v., drammed, dram•ming. 
n. 

1. Weights and Measures [Meas.]
   • a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or ¹⁄₈ ounce (3.89 grams).
   • ¹⁄₁₆ ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains;
     1.77 grams). Abbr.: dr., dr
2. Weights and Measures See fluid dram. 
3. Wine a small drink of liquor.
4. a small quantity of anything.

v.i. 

5. [Archaic.] to drink drams;
   tipple.

v.t. 

6. [Archaic.] to ply with drink.

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

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dram / dræm/ noun

1. one sixteenth of an ounce (avoirdupois). 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0018 kilogram
2. Also called: drachm, drachma 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

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French dragme, from Late Latin dragma, from Greek drakhmē; see drachma