dram

¹dram

noun \ˈdram\

Definition of DRAM

1

a US : a unit of liquid capacity equal to ¹⁄₈ fluid ounce — see weight table

b : fluid dram

2

a : a small portion of something to drink

b : a small amount

Origin of DRAM

Middle English dragme, from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French, dram, drachma, from Late Latin dragma, from Latin drachma, from Greek drachmē, literally, handful, from drassesthai to grasp

First Known Use: 14th century

Other Weights and Measures Terms

avoirdupois weight, calorie, denier, kip, pace, twain

Rhymes with DRAM

bam, cam, clam, cram, dam, damn, drachm, DRAM, flam, gam, gram, ham, Ham, jam, jamb, lam, lamb, ma'am, pram, ram, RAM, Sam, SAM, scam, scram, sham, slam, spam, tam, tram, wham, yam

²dram

noun \ˈdräm\

Definition of DRAM

: the basic monetary unit of Armenia — see money table

Origin of DRAM

Armenian, literally, coin, money, ultimately from Greek drachmē drachma

First Known Use: 1993

³dram

abbreviation

Definition of DRAM

dramatic; dramatist

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

DRAM

noun \ˈdram also ˈdē-ˌram\

Definition of DRAM

: a type of RAM that must be continuously supplied with power and periodically rewritten in order to retain data

compare sram

Origin of DRAM

dynamic + RAM (random-access memory)

First Known Use: 1980

Other Computer-Related Terms

adware, flash, kludge, phishing, recursive, router

Rhymes with DRAM

bam, cam, clam, cram, dam, damn, drachm, dram, flam, gam, gram, ham, Ham, jam, jamb, lam, lamb, ma'am, pram, ram, RAM, Sam, SAM, scam, scram, sham, slam, spam, tam, tram, wham, yam

dram

noun    (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of DRAM

1

: either of two units of weight: a : an avoirdupois unit equal to 1.772 grams or 27.344 grains b : a unit of apothecaries' weight equal to 3.888 grams or 60 grains

2

: fluid dram

Variants of DRAM

dram also drachm \ˈdram\ (audio pronunciation)