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praam

praam is the alternative form of pram.

Meaning of pram

Noun (1)

pram (plural prams)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position.
    • Janet Bird née Ollerenshaw was pushing her pram along Tockley High Street.1975, Margaret Drabble, The Realms of Gold, published 1977, page 127
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, broadly, colloquial) A pushchair; a buggy.

Noun (2)

pram (plural prams)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, historical) A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, historical) A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter.
  3. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A type of dinghy with a flat bow.
    • Although the pram, like the johnboat, has a squared-off bow as well as stern, the bow lines on the pram will be narrower than those encountered on a johnboat.August 1979, F. M. Paulson, “Car-topable Craft”, in Field & Stream, page 50

Forms of praam

pluralpraams

Questions about praam

What is praam the alternative form of?
Praam is the alternative form of pram.

Words near praam in the dictionary

  1. Pr. Man.
  2. Pr. of Man.
  3. pr0n
  4. PRA
  5. Praag
  6. praam
  7. praams
  8. Prabal
  9. Prabha
  10. Prabhakar
  11. Prabhakars

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