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Definition of jorum in English: jorumnoun ˈdʒɔːrəm historical A large bowl or jug used for serving drinks such as tea or punch. Example sentencesExamples - Most of these already hefty meals were ‘washed down’ with jorums of ultra-sweet beverages, notably indigenous preparations of robust viscosity like snowball, or punches made from peanut butter, barbadine, soursop and seamoss.
- Sitting in what was once a Corsetry Fitting Room, after several jorums, I began to see History with an infinitely greater clarity.
- Wyk is measured in jorums.
- It seems ‘a jorum is a chamberpot, in this case used as a mug in drinking healths and toasts.’
Synonyms earthenware container, glass container, pot, crock, urn, pitcher, jug, flask, decanter, carafe, flagon, ewer, drum, canister
Origin Early 18th century: perhaps from Joram (2 Sam. 8:10), who ‘brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold’ to King David. Rhymes cockalorum, decorum, forum, Karakoram, Karakorum, Mizoram, pons asinorum, quorum Definition of jorum in US English: jorumnoun historical A large bowl or jug used for serving drinks such as tea or punch. Example sentencesExamples - It seems ‘a jorum is a chamberpot, in this case used as a mug in drinking healths and toasts.’
- Wyk is measured in jorums.
- Most of these already hefty meals were ‘washed down’ with jorums of ultra-sweet beverages, notably indigenous preparations of robust viscosity like snowball, or punches made from peanut butter, barbadine, soursop and seamoss.
- Sitting in what was once a Corsetry Fitting Room, after several jorums, I began to see History with an infinitely greater clarity.
Synonyms earthenware container, glass container, pot, crock, urn, pitcher, jug, flask, decanter, carafe, flagon, ewer, drum, canister
Origin Early 18th century: perhaps from Joram (2 Sam. 8:10), who ‘brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold’ to King David. |