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) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pram
n 1: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child
is pushed around [syn: {baby buggy}, {baby carriage},
{carriage}, {perambulator}, {pram}, {stroller}, {go-cart},
{pushchair}, {pusher}]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]:
PRAM
Parameter Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Apple), "P-RAM"
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]:
PRAM
Phase-change Random Access Memory (RAM, IC, Intel)
From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]:
pram /prɑm/
udder
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