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
   • For a start the pram was heavier than it appeared, and also they were pulling it along very uneven ground. The edge of the field was slightly banked which tilted the pram at an angle.2006, Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

   Synonyms:

   perambulator, baby carriage

2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, broadly, colloquial) A pushchair; a buggy.

Noun (2)

UK/pɹɑːm/

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
   • Nothing can beat the simple pleasure of paddling a pram around on a foggy dawn, probing pad flats, stumps and fallen logs for lurking bass.1994, Dave Hughes, Fly Fishing Basics

Noun (3) capitalized: PRAM

PRAM (plural PRAMs)

1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of parallel random-access machine.