pram

noun

ˈpram How to pronounce pram (audio)
Definition of pramnext
chiefly British
as in buggy
a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in like other trendy Notting Hill couples, they bought a fancy pram for the first baby

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Recent Examples of pram There were the last-minute withdrawals hoisted upon Wiegman, at least one of which felt like toys out of the pram. — Phil Hay, New York Times, 28 July 2025 Step inside the taproom, and an original Optimist pram boat hanging from the ceiling speaks to the coastal side of Dunedin’s story. — Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 12 July 2025 This build comes with 1,048 pieces to create the beloved alien, his hover pram, and accessories like a Sorgan frog, shifter knob, and a cookie for Grogu to hold. — Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 5 July 2025 One person suggested Cousins return to the spot on a daily basis and try to strike up a relationship with the septuagenarian pushing the pram. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pram
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pram
  1. buggy
  2. crib
  3. pushchair
  4. stroller
  5. baby carriage
  6. baby buggy
  7. perambulator
Noun
  • Thankfully, shopping for these open-air buggies is much more straightforward than shopping for any other vehicle.
    — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2026
  • The company operates driverless buggies that have no steering wheel or pedals, and feature four carriage-style seats that face inward, giving them a shuttle-like atmosphere.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 July 2026
Definition of buggy
Noun
  • Rooms on the property come in a variety of categories—each has space for one crib, and only some also allow for one rollaway bed.
    — Gina Kramer, USA Today, 25 July 2026
  • Security footage and baby monitor records showed that Ruby was outside her crib for just six hours during the last four days of her life, KUTV, Cache Valley Daily and KSL reported, citing police.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Definition of crib
Noun
  • Families should have little trouble accommodating luggage, pushchairs or weekly shopping loads.
    — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Law enforcement said that a couple encountered a family—two women and young children, one of whom was in a pushchair—at Bond Street Underground in central London.
    — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025
Definition of pushchair
Noun
  • So has Kristina Carmichael, 67, who has lived in Orlando for 24 years, and was pushing her 1-year-old grandson in a stroller around Lake Eola.
    — Sara-James Ranta, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026
  • Older adults, people with visual impairments, parents with strollers, and other pedestrians also risk tripping over them.
    — DP Opinion, Denver Post, 25 July 2026
Definition of stroller
Noun
  • Ten years ago, there were no baby carriages downtown.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Even on a weekday, three mothers with baby carriages comprise a formidable flotilla in a place such as this.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of baby carriage
Noun
  • Universal drink caddies that attach to the handles of suitcases and baby buggies.
    — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Our daughter’s former room has my grandma’s baby buggy in it, an old roll-top desk, a faux metal bed and an antique bookcase.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2020
Definition of baby buggy
Noun
  • In a 1923 address to the British Royal Society of the Arts, one Samuel Sewell chided his fellow-researchers for having failed to research the history of a device as common and useful as the ubiquitous perambulator, or pram.
    — Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
  • One perambulator holding big packages and a sleeping red-haired baby clutching the strings of two round, red balloons.
    — Robert Richardson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
Definition of perambulator

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