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noun prampræm British A four-wheeled carriage for a baby, pushed by a person on foot. Example sentencesExamples - Their special triplet pram turns heads, and one passing woman was so surprised when she saw the three little girls she dropped the pie she was eating.
- Sure enough, it was time to upgrade our (perfectly fine) one seater pram to something that would accommodate TWO kids.
- He has thrown the toys out of everyone else's pram and made sure they land in his.
- Everywhere you turned, there was stuff - pram, suitcase, kite, books, travel cot, wellies.
- John has attached old pram wheels to a wooden box so he can move easily among the raspberry canes without crippling his knees.
- Not only are you doubling the size of your family in one fell swoop, just think of all the extra clothes and nappies, cots and that triple road train sized pram.
- Favourite toys in my childhood were dolls and a dolls' pram.
- But now, the gate at the entrance to a public footpath has gone - because the city council feared it was restricting pram and pushchair users as well as wheelchair users.
- These buses are designed with the whole community in mind and have low floors for easy access and wheelchair and pram access when required.
- The people we've had so far seem most interested in the train sets and the construction sets, but my personal favourite is the old dolls' pram.
- And once the gates have gone, what about the paths beyond - or will they all be cemented over in case pram wheels get stuck in the mud.
- If I hadn't had that pram in the hall, I would never have written anything.
- Mums are queuing up to get their hands on a classically designed pram favoured by royals and celebrities.
- He said motorbikes and other motorised vehicles would be prohibited from using the route but the scheme would be wheelchair and pram friendly.
- It may be an old bike; a surplus vacuum cleaner you don't know how to get rid of; a child's pram; or an old computer terminal or keyboard.
- They also spoil the environment for cyclists, horse riders, walkers, pram pushers, dog walkers, picnickers, joggers et al.
- However, it is a good idea to help your baby learn the difference between being asleep and being awake by putting him in a cot or pram when he is asleep, and moving him into another room, with company, when he wakes.
- He said he only asked them to move their cars if they were parked on the pavement so a wheelchair or pram could get through.
- The device would fit all sizes of pram or buggy, including three-wheelers, and was compact enough to fit into the overhead lockers on aeroplanes.
- It is not the cyclist, dog walkers, pram pushers, joggers or other users.
Synonyms pushchair North American baby carriage, stroller, pushcart British trademark baby buggy formal perambulator
Origin Late 19th century: contracted abbreviation of perambulator. Rhymes am, Amsterdam, Assam, Bram, cam, cham, cheongsam, clam, cram, dam, damn, drachm, dram, exam, femme, flam, gam, glam, gram, ham, jam, jamb, lam, lamb, mam, mesdames, Omar Khayyám, Pam, pro-am, ram, Sam, scam, scram, sham, Siam, slam, Spam, swam, tam, tram, Vietnam, wham, yam noun prɑːmpræm 1A flat-bottomed sailing boat. Example sentencesExamples - On a sad note, the designer of the Opti pram passed away in December 2001, at the age of 86.
- The ASMA exhibition included exquisite scenes of children in Optimist prams, marinas, racing sailboats and a still life of a freshly caught trout, to name a few.
- 1.1US A small flat-bottomed rowing boat for fishing.
Origin Late Middle English: from Middle Dutch prame, Middle Low German prāme, perhaps from Czech prám 'raft'. nounpræmpram British A four-wheeled carriage for a baby, pushed by a person on foot. Example sentencesExamples - Everywhere you turned, there was stuff - pram, suitcase, kite, books, travel cot, wellies.
- Their special triplet pram turns heads, and one passing woman was so surprised when she saw the three little girls she dropped the pie she was eating.
- However, it is a good idea to help your baby learn the difference between being asleep and being awake by putting him in a cot or pram when he is asleep, and moving him into another room, with company, when he wakes.
- It is not the cyclist, dog walkers, pram pushers, joggers or other users.
- He has thrown the toys out of everyone else's pram and made sure they land in his.
- If I hadn't had that pram in the hall, I would never have written anything.
- Favourite toys in my childhood were dolls and a dolls' pram.
- But now, the gate at the entrance to a public footpath has gone - because the city council feared it was restricting pram and pushchair users as well as wheelchair users.
- Not only are you doubling the size of your family in one fell swoop, just think of all the extra clothes and nappies, cots and that triple road train sized pram.
- These buses are designed with the whole community in mind and have low floors for easy access and wheelchair and pram access when required.
- It may be an old bike; a surplus vacuum cleaner you don't know how to get rid of; a child's pram; or an old computer terminal or keyboard.
- The people we've had so far seem most interested in the train sets and the construction sets, but my personal favourite is the old dolls' pram.
- He said motorbikes and other motorised vehicles would be prohibited from using the route but the scheme would be wheelchair and pram friendly.
- The device would fit all sizes of pram or buggy, including three-wheelers, and was compact enough to fit into the overhead lockers on aeroplanes.
- And once the gates have gone, what about the paths beyond - or will they all be cemented over in case pram wheels get stuck in the mud.
- John has attached old pram wheels to a wooden box so he can move easily among the raspberry canes without crippling his knees.
- He said he only asked them to move their cars if they were parked on the pavement so a wheelchair or pram could get through.
- They also spoil the environment for cyclists, horse riders, walkers, pram pushers, dog walkers, picnickers, joggers et al.
- Sure enough, it was time to upgrade our (perfectly fine) one seater pram to something that would accommodate TWO kids.
- Mums are queuing up to get their hands on a classically designed pram favoured by royals and celebrities.
Origin Late 19th century: contracted abbreviation of perambulator. nounpræmpram 1A flat-bottomed sailboat. Example sentencesExamples - On a sad note, the designer of the Opti pram passed away in December 2001, at the age of 86.
- The ASMA exhibition included exquisite scenes of children in Optimist prams, marinas, racing sailboats and a still life of a freshly caught trout, to name a few.
- 1.1US A small, flat-bottomed rowboat for fishing.
Origin Late Middle English: from Middle Dutch prame, Middle Low German prāme, perhaps from Czech prám ‘raft’. |