hydraulic ram

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noun

a device by which the energy of descending water is utilized to raise a part of the water to a height greater than that of the source.

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Origin of hydraulic ram

First recorded in 1800–10

Words nearby hydraulic ram

hydraulic mining, hydraulic motor, hydraulic pile, hydraulic press, hydraulic radius, hydraulic ram, hydraulics, hydraulic suspension, hydraulic torque converter, hydraulus, hydrazide

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How to use hydraulic ram in a sentence

New York blinks in the face of uncertainty and bans hydraulic fracturing.
New York’s Conservative Fracking Ban|Jay Michaelson|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2012, A. Dilligaf, a Swiss resident who asked that I not use his real name, says he bid on a 2004 Dodge Ram.
He Bullies Kids and Calls It News|Brandy Zadrozny|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Where and when and why did Russ meet Ram Dass, for goodness sakes?
The Great Russ Hemenway|Michael Tomasky|March 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Los Angeles Times called him “the most valuable Ram of all time.”
The Deaths You Missed This Year|Malcolm Jones, Jimmy So, Michael Moynihan, Caitlin Dickson|December 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST

And then the ram is caught by its horns in the bush and is sacrificed instead.
The American Prophet of Delusion: Robert Stone in Conversation|David Samuels|November 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Cleopatra's coffin, head of the Theban ram, and other Egyptian curiosities, arrived in England.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
It is the chief cereal, and the inhabitants say it originated in Ha-ram, China, nearly five thousand years ago.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
And he shall offer the sacrifice of an ephi for every calf, and an ephi for every ram: and a hin of oil for every ephi.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
And the sacrifice of all ephi for a ram: but for the lambs what sacrifice his hand shall allow: and a hin of oil for every ephi.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
When at close range, it pierced the "Cumberland" with its iron ram causing it to sink.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey

British Dictionary definitions for hydraulic ram

hydraulic ram

noun

any large device involving the displacement of a piston or plunger driven by fluid pressure

a form of water pump utilizing the kinetic energy of running water to provide static pressure to raise water to a reservoir higher than the source

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