Usually means: Unit of weight for apothecaries.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Easter eggs (New!)
We found 11 dictionaries that define the word drams:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. DRAMs, drams: Merriam-Webster
  2. drams: Collins English Dictionary
  3. drams: Vocabulary.com
  4. Drams, drams: Wordnik
  5. drams: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. DRAMs, drams: Wiktionary
  7. drams: Dictionary.com
  8. DRAMs: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DRAMs: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. drams: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. DRAMs: Medical dictionary

(Note: See dram as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (DRAM)

noun:  (now uncommon) Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
noun:  (obsolete) Synonym of drachma: a former Greek unit of weight (about 4.3 g).
noun:  (by extension) Any similarly minute quantity, (now particularly) a small amount of strong alcohol or poison.
noun:  (historical, mining) A cart formerly used to haul coal in coal mines.
noun:  (obsolete) Synonym of drachma: a Greek silver coin weighing one drachma; other similar coins.
verb:  (dated, intransitive) To drink drams.
verb:  (dated, transitive) To ply with drams of drink.
noun:  (numismatics) The currency of Armenia, divided into 100 luma.
noun:  (units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously: [(units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:]
noun:  Alternative form of drachm (“One sixteenth of an ounce avoirdupois (1.77 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”). [(units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:]
noun:  (pharmacy) Alternative form of drachm (“One eighth of an ounce apothecary (3.89 g; symbol: ℨ or ʒ)”). [(units of measurement) A small unit of weight, variously:]
noun:  (electronics) Initialism of dynamic random access memory. [(computing) A form of random access memory that requires fewer transistors per bit than SRAM, but in which each bit needs to be refreshed regularly to retain its contents.]
▸ Also see dram

Phrases:




Words similar to drams

Usage examples for drams

Idioms related to drams

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing drams

Words that often appear near drams

Rhymes of drams

Invented words related to drams

Similar:
Phrases:





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux