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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dram /dræm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Weights and Measures
- a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1&sfracdenom8&sfracend of an ounce (3.89 grams).
- 1&sfracdenom16&sfracend of an ounce in avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains;
1.77 grams).
- Winea small drink of liquor.
- a small amount of anything.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dram (dram),USA pronunciation n., v., drammed, dram•ming. n. - 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
- Weights and MeasuresSee fluid dram.
- Winea small drink of liquor.
- a small quantity of anything.
v.i. - [Archaic.]to drink drams;
tipple.
v.t. - [Archaic.]to ply with drink.
- Late Latin dragma, Latin drachma drachma
- Old French
- late Middle English dramme, assimilated variant of dragme 1400–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: dram /dræm/ n - one sixteenth of an ounce (avoirdupois). 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0018 kilogram
Also called: drachm, drachma US one eighth of an apothecaries' ounce; 60 grains. 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0039 kilogram- a small amount of an alcoholic drink, esp a spirit; tot
- 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 |