Pram

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perambulator \Per*am"bu*la`tor\, n.
     1. One who perambulates.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It
        consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the


        ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate
        upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See
        {Odometer}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A low carriage for a child, propelled by pushing; a baby
        carriage; -- called also {pram}, in Britain.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Praam \Praam\, n. [D. praam; cf. G. prahm, F. prame; all of
     Slavonic origin, from a word akin to E. fare. See {Fare}.]
     (Naut.)
     A flat-bottomed boat or lighter, -- used in Holland and the
     Baltic, and sometimes armed in case of war. [Written also
     {pram}, and {prame}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pram \Pram\ (pr[a^]m), Prame \Prame\ (pr[=a]m), n. (Naut.)
     See {Praam}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pram \Pram\ (pr[a^]m), n.
     a {perambulator[3]}; -- British informal shortened form.
     [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pram
       n : a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is
           pushed around [syn: {baby buggy}, {baby carriage}, {carriage},
            {perambulator}, {stroller}, {go-cart}, {pushchair}, {pusher}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  PRAM
       Parameter Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Apple), "P-RAM"
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  PRAM
       
           1. {parallel random access machine}.
       
          2. {parameter RAM}.