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dram
1[ dram ]
noun
- Measurements.
- a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).
- 1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). : dr., dr
- a small drink of liquor.
- a small quantity of anything.
verb (used without object)
- Archaic. to drink drams; tipple.
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to ply with drink.
DRAM
2[ dee-ram ]
abbreviation for
- dynamic RAM.
DRAM
1/ ˈ»å¾±Ë°ùæ³¾ /
acronym for
- dynamic random access memory: a widely used type of random access memory See RAM 1
noun
- a chip containing such a memory
dram
2/ »å°ùæ³¾ /
noun
- one sixteenth of an ounce (avoirdupois). 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0018 kilogram
- Also calleddrachmdrachma 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
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³ó²¹±ô´Ú-»å°ù²¹³¾î€ƒ adjective noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of dram1
Example Sentences
It was, after all, an illegal dram shop during Prohibition and the need for secrecy was essential, especially since the queer patrons themselves were breaking the law by openly existing in public.
With bourbon, allspice dram, lime and bitters, it tasted dark, strong, warm and tropical simultaneously, a storm on an island, somehow ideal for being ensconced inside Daphnes on a rainy Edmonds autumn afternoon.
To him, spirits provided what he called “accessible luxury†to customers — a dram of the good life even in an unstable economy.
A wee dram would set visitors rocking around this final Christmas "tree" on the Isle of Raasay.
White has just played 90. b2-b3 when the dram really kicks in.
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