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pram
1[ pram ]
pram
2[ prahm ]
noun
- a flat-bottomed, snub-nosed boat used as a fishing vessel or tender for larger vessels.
pram
1/ præm /
noun
- a cot-like four-wheeled carriage for a baby US and Canadian termbaby carriage
pram
2/ prɑːm /
noun
- nautical a light tender with a flat bottom and a bow formed from the ends of the side and bottom planks meeting in a small raised transom
Word History and Origins
Origin of pram1
Origin of pram2
Word History and Origins
Origin of pram1
Origin of pram2
Example Sentences
Ahead of the 1961 publication of James and the Giant Peach, Dahl’s 4-month-old son Theo suffered a severe brain injury when his pram was hit by a taxi in New York City.
If I see a pram I want to stick my head in it and have a look.
Gwyneth Paltrow wheeled her daughter Apple around London in a Bugaboo pram.
The little bits of whalin'-steamers they build now only carry a little pram or two, nothin' like this boat you're in now.
Pram, prm, n. a flat-bottomed Dutch lighter: a barge fitted as a floating battery.
The child is resentful, but resigned, is wrapped up well, put in his pram and wheeled up and down the Madeira Road.
In every case I found below-decks a number of cruses of corn-brandy, marked aquavit, two of which I took into the pram.
Lady with Pram (who has been pointing out to newcomer the beauties of the neighbourhood, where a strike is threatened).
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