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  graham

  adjective

  made of graham flour.
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  Graham

  noun

  Katharine Meyer, 1917–2001, U.S. newspaper publisher.

graham

¹ American  

[grey-uhm, gram] / ˈgreɪ əm, græm /

adjective

1. made of graham flour.

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Graham ² American  

[grey-uhm, gram] / ˈgreɪ əm, græm /

noun

1. Katharine Meyer, 1917–2001, U.S. newspaper publisher.

2. Martha, 1894–1991, U.S. dancer and choreographer.

3. Thomas, 1805–69, Scottish chemist.

4. William Franklin Billy, 1918–2018, U.S. evangelist.

5. a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “gray home.”

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Graham ¹ British  

/ ˈɡreɪəm /

noun

1. Martha. 1893–1991, US dancer and choreographer

2. Thomas. 1805–69, British physicist: proposed Graham's law (1831) of gaseous diffusion and coined the terms osmosis, crystalloids, and colloids

3. William Franklin, known as Billy Graham. born 1918, US evangelist

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graham ² British  

/ ˈɡreɪəm /

noun

1. (modifier) made of graham flour

   graham crackers

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Etymology

Origin of graham

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

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graham Graham

As Joanne Kaufman writes, “What would summer on the beach be without chocolate and marshmallows between graham crackers—or without angst and wish fulfillment between book covers?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

And while cheesecake usually gets its crunch from a graham cracker or shortbread crust, granola—with its sweet, nutty clusters—brings something new to the party.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2025

The S’mores cookies, graham cracker sandwich cookies with chocolate and marshmallow filling, were introduced during the 2017 Girl Scout cookie season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2025

Picture layers of graham cracker, fudgy brownie and homemade marshmallow perfection.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023

He reaches into the cooler and hands me a skewered marshmallow and produces a Tupperware full of dark chocolate and graham crackers.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

The vote came hours after Zelensky met Trump at the White House and attended the Washington funeral of Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, one of Kyiv's most vocal allies in Congress.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

At the current fraught moment, the country needs men and women like Lindsey Graham to step forward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Graham: No midfield structure, shambolic defence and a blunt attacking frontline.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Following the meetings, all three men attended the funeral of Sen. Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who up until his death on July 11 was a staunch supporter of both Ukraine and Israel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

Track officials carried Graham up to the jockeys’ room and dumped him on a saddle table, where he lay moaning and incoherent.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand