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crame

crame noun: a merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods are sold; a stall. Also the archaic spelling of cram.

Noun

crame (plural crames)

  1. (Scotland) A merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods are sold; a stall
  2. (Scotland) A parcel of goods for sale; a peddler's pack; a kit

Also used as

crame is also the archaic spelling of cram.

Forms of crame

pluralcrames

Origin of crame

From Scots crame, craim, from Middle Dutch kraeme or Middle Low German krame; both from Old High German krām (“merchant tent; tent cloth”), probably ultimately borrowed from Slavic, such as Old Church Slavonic грамъ (gramŭ, “pub, inn”) or чрѣмъ (črěmŭ, “tent”). Compare West Frisian kream, Dutch kraam, German Low German Kraam, German Kram, Yiddish קראָם (krom), Swedish kram, Icelandic kram.

Variant of cram.

Phrases with crame

Words that rhyme with crame

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Questions about crame

What does crame mean?
Crame means a merchant's booth; a shop or tent where goods are sold; a stall.
What part of speech is crame?
Crame is a noun.
What is the plural of crame?
The plural of crame is crames.

Words near crame in the dictionary

  1. crambo-jingle
  2. cramboes
  3. crambos
  4. cramdown
  5. cramdowns
  6. crame
  7. Cramer
  8. Cramer's rule
  9. Cramer's rules
  10. Cramers
  11. crames

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