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  DRAM

  abbreviation

  dynamic RAM.

dram

¹ American  

[dram] / dræm /

noun

• drams
  plural

1. Measurements.

   1. a unit of apothecaries' weight, equal to 60 grains, or 1/8 (0.125) ounce (3.89 grams).

   2. 1/16 (0.0625) ounce, avoirdupois weight (27.34 grains; 1.77 grams). dr., dr

2. fluid dram.

3. a small drink of liquor.

4. a small quantity of anything.

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verb (used without object)

drammed, dramming

1. Archaic. to drink drams; tipple.

verb (used with object)

drammed, dramming

1. Archaic. to ply with drink.

DRAM ² American  

[dee-ram] / ˈdiˌræm /

abbreviation

Computers.

1. dynamic RAM.

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dram ¹ British  

/ dræm /

noun

1. one sixteenth of an ounce (avoirdupois). 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0018 kilogram

2. Also called: drachm, drachma. one eighth of an apothecaries' ounce; 60 grains. 1 dram is equivalent to 0.0039 kilogram

3. a small amount of an alcoholic drink, esp a spirit; tot

4. the standard monetary unit of Armenia, divided into 100 lumas

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DRAM ² British  

/ ˈdiːræm /

acronym

1. dynamic random access memory: a widely used type of random access memory See RAM 1

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noun

1. a chip containing such a memory

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• half-dram
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• drams
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of dram

1400–50; late Middle English dramme, assimilated variant of dragme < Old French < Late Latin dragma, Latin drachma drachma

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Example Sentences

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Oddly, Sphere’s “Oz” loses a dram of its spellcraft once audiences touch down in Munchkinland.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025

It was, after all, an illegal dram shop during Prohibition and the need for secrecy was essential, especially since the queer patrons themselves were breaking the law by openly existing in public.

From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2025

To him, spirits provided what he called “accessible luxury” to customers — a dram of the good life even in an unstable economy.

From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023

White has just played 90. b2-b3 when the dram really kicks in.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 9, 2022

“It was some broken wittles—that’s what it was—and a dram of liquor, and a pie.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

The Roundhill Memory ETF, or DRAM, has soared since it made its debut in April.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Computer simulations suggest that the method could lower switching energy by several orders of magnitude compared with leading memory technologies used or being developed today, including DRAM, STT-MRAM and emerging SOT-MRAM devices.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

But a few might hit the jackpot, such as computer memory-focused fund DRAM.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

The three together dominate the business of memory chips called DRAM, which get used alongside Nvidia’s processor chips for AI computing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Moreover, those tight market conditions apply to both high-end memory chips and the more traditional dynamic random access memory, or DRAM, chips.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

Line of Duty launched in 2012 and went on to become one of the most popular TV drams of the last decade.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

“So you have those thoughts. Whatever their drams and goals are, I’m OK with. The ones we are honoring, we know this is their last.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2019

Trying drams of whiskies I never would encounter in the US was once in a lifetime.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2018

Cullen, 59, recalls the noise it used to make: the clatter of drams packed with coal being raised from the shaft.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2016

The Cyprus goat gives on an average 150 drams of milk per day during a period of say 150 days, or say, 50 to 60 okes per annum.

From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by William Bevan

For until the third century no one drammed of understanding the "John" of Rev. i.

From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon

Saul was profoundly conscious of the yoke; only he had not drammed that his own deliverance could come from such a quarter.

From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon

Chance, my dear Bob,—chance is ten times a more intoxicating liquor than champagne, and once take to "dramming" with fortune, and you may bid a long adieu to sobriety!

From The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I by Charles James Lever

"I don't like to hear about that dramming business," was Val's comment to me later.

From Up in Ardmuirland by Michael Barrett

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