drams
drams is the plural of dram.
drams is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dram.
Meaning of dram
Noun (1)
dram (plural drams)
- Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
- Dram (49·5 grains), 100=chequi, 4=oka (2·8286 ℔); dram (49·5 grains), 180=rotl, 100=kintal or kantar (127·29 ℔).1888, W.M.F. Petrie, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. XXIV, s.v. "Weights and Measures"
- Synonyms:
- dirhem
- Synonym of drachma: a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).
- Synonyms:
- drachma
- Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
- a dram of brandy
- A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
- The rolling stock, consisting entirely of four-wheel open trucks, or drams, was broken up at Bonvilles Court Colliery.1946 November and December, “The Saundersfoot Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 340
- Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.
- They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams [i.e., the Persian daric] of gold, and five thousand pound of silver […]The Bible (King James Version), Ezra 2:69
- Synonyms:
- drachma
Noun (2)
dram (plural drams)
Noun capitalized: DRAMs
DRAMs
- plural of DRAM
Phrases with drams
Questions about drams
- What is drams the plural of?
- Drams is the plural of dram.
- What part of speech is drams?
- Drams is a noun.
Words near drams in the dictionary
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