Dram

Definition: Dram

Dram

Noun

1. A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains.

2. 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams.

Date "dram" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	DRAM dynamic random access memory. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Bible	Dram The Authorized Version understood the word 'adarkonim (1 Chr. 29:7; Ezra 8:27), and the similar word darkomnim (Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:70), as equivalent to the Greek silver coin the drachma. But the Revised Version rightly regards it as the Greek dareikos, a Persian gold coin (the daric) of the value of about 1 pound, 2s., which was first struck by Darius, the son of Hystaspes, and was current in Western Asia long after the fall of the Persian empire. (See DARIC.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Geography	Currency of Armenia. Source: European Union. (references)
Slang in 1811	DRAM. A glass or small measure of any spirituous liquors, which, being originally sold by apothecaries, were estimated by drams, ounces, &c. Dog's dram; to spit in his mouth, and clap his back. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
DRAM	English	Dynamic RAM	Computing
DRAM	Finnish	Dynaaminen hakumuisti	Computing
DRAM	Italian	Memoria di accesso casuale dinamica	Computing
DRAM,d-RAM	English	Dynamic Random Access Memory	Computing
dr	English	Dram	Meteorology & Standards
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Dram

Synonyms: drachm (n), drachma (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Drunkenness	Drunkard, sot, toper, tippler, bibber, wine-bibber, lush; hard drinker, gin drinker, dram drinker; soaker, sponge, tun; love pot, toss pot; thirsty soul, reveler, carouser, Bacchanal, Bacchanalian; Bacchal, Bacchante; devotee to Bacchus; bum, guzzler, tavern haunter.
	Drink; alcoholic drinks; blue ruin, grog, port wine; punch, punch bowl; cup, rosy wine, flowing bowl; drop, drop too much; dram; beer; (beverage); aguardiente; apple brandy, applejack; brandy, brandy smash; chain lightning, champagne, gin, ginsling; highball, peg, rum, rye, schnapps, sherry, sling, uisquebaugh, usquebaugh, whisky, xeres.
Food	Drink, beverage, liquor, broth, soup; potion, dram, draught, drench, swill; nip, sip, sup, gulp.
Motive	Incentive, stimulus, spur, fillip, whip, goad, ankus, rowel, provocative, whet, dram.
Pungency	Dram, cordial, nip.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Dram

English words defined with "dram": Dramseller, Dramshop ♦ Fluidrachm ♦ grain ♦ minim ♦ Nobbler ♦ Pocket flask ♦ teaspoon, To splice the main brace, To wet one's whistle, troy weight. (references)

Specialty definitions using "dram": 3DO ♦ BEDO, BINGO BOY, BINGO MORT, Burst EDO, Burst Extended Data Out DRAM ♦ cache line, COGUE ♦ D-RAM, DRAM refresh, DRAM-A-TICK, Dual In-line Memory Module ♦ EDO DRAM, error correcting memory, external memory ♦ Ferroelectric Random Access Memory, FPM DRAM ♦ LINE OF THE OLD AUTHOR, Liquor up ♦ Macintosh IIcx ♦ Nail in One's Coffin, Nibble Mode DRAM ♦ page mode, Page Mode DRAM, Page Mode Dynamic Random Access Memory, precharge ♦ Rambus DRAM, Rambus, Inc., RDRAM ♦ SB AWE32, SHOVE IN THE MOUTH, static random access memory, Synchronous DRAM, Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory, Synchronous Graphics Random Access Memory ♦ TO FIRE A SLUG ♦ Zilog Z8000. (references)

Etymologies containing "dram": schnapps. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Dram" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Manx (drachm, dram), Norwegian (dram, nip, peg, snifter, snorter), Portuguese (dram), Romanian (my good friend, scruple), Swedish (dram, drama), Turkish (drama).

Domain	Title
Books	A Dram of Poison (reference) Dram Circuit Design: A Tutorial (reference) L'Assommoir: The Dram Shop (Penguin Classics) (reference) Toshiba Exits DRAM Business by Selling Out to Micron [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Worldwide DRAM Demand and Supply Update, 2001-2002 [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) (more book examples)

High Tech	32MB DIMM DRAM FOR THE CISCO (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Indeed, Samsung and its domestic rival Hyundai are presently two of the world's largest DRAM manufacturers. (references)
		Due to recent slow growth in computer applications, accounting for approximately 80 percent of DRAM sales, local demand for DRAMs has been sluggish. (references)
		These incentives have led many local semiconductor firms, especially DRAM producers, to aggressively expand plant facilities and upgrade production technology. (references)
Economic History	Korea	Korea is one of the world's leading producers of 64-megabyte and 128-megabyte DRAM chips. (references)
	Armenia	The government of Armenia maintains a freely convertible currency, the Armenian Dram, under a managed float. (references)
	Armenia	The national currency, the dram, suffered hyperinflation for the first few years after its introduction in 1993. (references)
Trade	Armenia	The Armenian dram is one of most stable currencies in the CIS (exchange rate as of June 2001: 556 drams to the dollar). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Dram" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 86.49% of the time. "Dram" is used about 74 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	86.49%	64	42,009
Noun (proper)	4.05%	3	202,518
Lexical Verb (base form)	2.7%	2	245,945
Unclassified Items	2.7%	2	245,945
Noun (common)	2.7%	2	245,945
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	1.35%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	74	N/A

Expressions using "dram": burst Extended Data Out DRAM ♦ dram glas ♦ dram refresh ♦ edo DRAM ♦ fluid dram ♦ FPM DRAM ♦ nibble Mode DRAM ♦ page Mode DRAM ♦ Rambus DRAM ♦ synchronous DRAM. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "dram": dram-bottle, Dram-divans, dram-drinker, dram-shop.
	Ending with "dram": am-dram.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "dram"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		drem (drachm), sasi e vogël (dole, drachm, dribblet, handful, modicum, smack, smattering, sprinkle, trifle), grimë (bit, dash, doit, drachm, drop, fleck, hint, hoot, jiff, jiffy, jot, lick, mite, rag, suspicion, tittle, touch, whit), gllënjkë (craving, drachm, draft, drain, draught, drink, drop, gulp, longing, mouthful, nip, peg, pull, sip, smack, sup, swallow, swig, thirst, traction), çikë (atom, bit, doit, drachm, dribblet, drop, hoot, jot, near, scrap, tithe, tittle, whit). (various references)

Arabic		‏جرعة من شراب مسكر (eye opener), ‏الدرهم (dirham, drachm). (various references)

Bulgarian		сръбвам (pull at, sip), глътка (drachm, drag, drain, draught, drink, drop, gulp, lap, mouthful, peg, pharynx, potion, pull, shot, sip, sup, swallow, taste), пийвам (partake, refresh, sip, take a drink), драм. (various references)

Chinese		�"兰. (various references)

Czech		drachma, doušek (draught, gulp, pull, sup, swallow, tiff, tope), panák (dummy, puppy, quickie, short, snorter, stooge, tot). (various references)

Danish		dynamisk RAM (dynamic RAM, dynamic random access memory), dynamisk lager med direkte tilgang (dynamic RAM, dynamic random access memory), dram, AMD. (various references)

Dutch		borrel (nip, peg, snifter, snorter), aperitief (nip, peg, snifter, snorter). (various references)

Esperanto		aperitivo (nip, peg, snifter, snorter). (various references)

Farsi		نوشانیدن (Drench, Drink), جرعه جرعه نوشیدن . (various references)

Finnish		dynaaminen hakumuisti (dynamic RAM, dynamic random access memory), DRAM (dynamic RAM, dynamic random access memory), ryyppy (drink), AMD. (various references)

French		dram, drachme (drachma), petit verre, MEVD, mémoire vive dynamique, mémoire RAM dynamique, goutte (drip, drop, drop of water, dropping), apéro, apéritif, AMD. (various references)

Frisian		foaritentsje (nip, peg, snifter, snorter). (various references)

German		dynamisches RAM (dynamic RAM, dynamic random access memory), dynamischer Schreib-/Lesespeicher (dynamic RAM, dynamic random access memory), dynamischer RAM-Speicher (dynamic RAM, dynamic random access memory), Dram, Aperitif (aperitif, appetizer, nip, peg, snifter, snorter), AMD (active management dashboard). (various references)

Greek		όγδοο ουγκιάσ, ντραμ, δράμι, δυναμική μνήμη (circulating storage, circulating store, cyclic storage, cyclic store, dynamic memory, dynamic RAM, dynamic random access memory, dynamic storage, dynamic store), AMD. (various references)

Hebrew		ל�'ימ�" (draught, nip, nourishment, sip, sipping, swallow, taste, tasting). (various references)

Hungarian		korty pálinka, gramm (gram, gramme), aperitif (aperitif, nip, peg, snifter, snorter). (various references)

Italian		dramma (drama, hokum, play), DRAM (d-RAM, dynamic RAM, dynamic random access memory), memoria RAM dinamica (d-RAM, dynamic RAM, dynamic random access memory), memoria dinamica ad accesso casuale (d-RAM, Dynamic Random Access Memory), memoria di accesso casuale dinamica (dynamic RAM, dynamic random access memory), AMD (active management dashboard). (various references)

Manx		jourym, dram (drachm), bolgum (draught, mouthful, sip, sup, swallow). (various references)

Norwegian		dram (nip, peg, snifter, snorter). (various references)

Papiamen		aperitivo (nip, peg, snifter, snorter). (various references)

Pig Latin		amdray.(various references)

Portuguese		dram, dracma (drachm, drachma), memória viva dinâmica (dynamic RAM, dynamic random access memory), copinho (tot), aperitivo (aperitive, appetizer, appetizing, cocktail, nip, peg, snifter, snorter, stomachic, whet), AMD. (various references)

Romanian		mãsurã de greutate farmaceuticã, mãsurã de greutate comercialã (drachm), înghiţiturã (drain, draught, drink, go, gulp, pull, sip, sup, swallow, swig). (various references)

Russian		чуточка (dribblet, lick, mite, modicum, nibble, ounce, relish, smidgen, spot, suspicion, tiny bit), глоток спиртного (caulker, sniffer, swig, toothful, whet), драхма (drachm, drachma). (various references)

Scottish		dr� m, dram (a dram), gloc-nid (a morning dram taken in bed), friochd (a second dram). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		drahma (drachma), gutljaj (drink, gulp, nip, sip, swallow, swig, toothful). (various references)

Spanish		aperitivo (aperitif, appetizer, nip, peg, snifter, snorter). (various references)

Swedish		sup (drink, shot), snaps (snaps), dram (drama). (various references)

Turkish		dirhem (drachm, drachma), dört gram (drachm, drachma), yudum (drachm, draught, gulp, nip, sip, suck, sup, swallow), bir yudumluk içki. (various references)

Ukrainian		крапелька (dab, drop, droplet), драхма (drachm, drachma). (various references)

Vietnamese		cốc rượu nhỏ. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	drakhma. (various references)
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	drachma. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "dram": drama, dramas, dramatic, dramatically, dramatics, dramatisation, dramatisations, dramatise, dramatised, dramatises, dramatising, dramatist, dramatists, dramatizable, dramatization, dramatizations, dramatize, dramatized, dramatizes, dramatizing, dramaturg, dramaturge, dramaturges, dramaturgic, dramaturgical, dramaturgically, dramaturgies, dramaturgs, dramaturgy, dramedies, dramedy, drammed, dramming, drammock, drammocks, drams, dramshop, dramshops. (additional references)
	Words ending with "dram": fluidram. (additional references)
	Words containing "dram": diphenhydramine, diphenhydramines, docudrama, docudramas, fluidrams, melodrama, melodramas, melodramatic, melodramatically, melodramatics, melodramatise, melodramatised, melodramatises, melodramatising, melodramatist, melodramatists, melodramatization, melodramatizations, melodramatize, melodramatized, melodramatizes, melodramatizing, monodrama, monodramas, monodramatic, nondramatic, overdramatic, overdramatize, overdramatized, overdramatizes, overdramatizing, psychodrama, psychodramas, psychodramatic, undramatic, undramatically, undramatized. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Dram" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cdram, Dacm, damm, dar, darm, darmi, darum, dawm, deam, deraim, derim, derom, diram, Diran, doam, dra, draa, draak, drac, draf, drai, drak, drame, Dramm, dran, drang, drant, drap, draq, drav, drax, draz, drek, Drem, dremt, dren, drex, drij, drim, drin, driom, droan, drom, Dromi, druh, druim, drumm, drva, Dwam, iram, Kramm, lram, rram, sdram. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "dram" (pronounced dra"m or dē"ra'm)
3	-r a" m	ram, cram, gram, tram.
3	-r a' m	anagram, microgram, milligram, monogram, program, programme, cablegram, Centigram, diagram, diaphragm, electrocardiogram, engram, epigram, histogram, hologram, kilogram, logogram, mammogram, reprogram, sonogram, telegram, Wolfram.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-m-r"
	-1 letter: arm, dam, mad, mar, rad, ram.
	-2 letters: ad, am, ar, ma.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-m-r"
	+1 letter: armed, damar, derma, drama, drams, dream, madre, mudra.
	+2 letters: admire, aramid, armada, damars, dammar, dammer, damner, damper, demark, dermal, dermas, dharma, dirham, disarm, drachm, dramas, dreams, dreamt, dreamy, farmed, framed, harmed, madder, madras, madres, maduro, maraud, marked, marled, marred, marted, mazard, medlar, midair, mudras, myriad, radium, radome, rammed, ramped, ramrod, random, reamed, remade, remand, remuda, roamed, rodman, warmed.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
dram	164	dram exchange	4
dram glasses	21	stealth 64 dram	4
clan dram glasses welsh	20	dram controller	4
clan dram glasses scottish	20	definition dram	3
clan dram glasses irish	19	dram price spot	3
dram shop	17	dictionary dram	3
dram glasses heraldic	16	burst dram length	3
edo dram	15	adapter compuhq dram justdeals mint pulled rebuilt refurb refurbished remanufactured sp3000 tester	3
obsolete dram sram	15	dram timing	3
dram memory	14	dram technology	3
clan dram english glasses	14	dram tutorial	2
dram card	13	compensation dram timing	2
dram shop law	11	dram shop liability	2
dram shop act	9	dram measurement	2
dram price	9	award compensation dram timing	2
dram speed	7	64 diamond dram driver stealth	2
diamond stealth 64 dram	6	depth dram queue	2
ddr dram	6	dram sram	2
dram english glasses	6	dram sram vs	2
obsolete dram	5	dissipation dram power	2
		autosize dram	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Dram

Definition: Dram

Dram

Noun

Specialty Definition: Dram

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Dram

DRAM

DRAM

DRAM

Synonyms: Dram

Synonyms within Context: Dram

Drunkenness

Food

Motive

Pungency

Crosswords: Dram

Commercial Usage: Dram

Books

High Tech

Non-Fiction Usage: Dram

Usage Frequency: Dram

Expression: Dram

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dram

Modern Translation: Dram

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Ancestral Language Translations: Dram

Derivations & Misspellings: Dram

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Rhyming with "Dram"

Anagrams: Dram

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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