pram
Pronunciation: /pɹæm/
The English word “pram” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- A small vehicle, usually covered, in which a newborn baby is pushed around in a lying position.
- A pushchair; a buggy.
- A flat-bottomed barge used on shallow shores to convey cargo to and from ships that cannot enter the harbour.
- A similar barge used as platform for cannons in shallow waters which seagoing warships cannot enter.
- A type of dinghy with a flat bow.
Etymology
From Dutch praam (“a flat-bottomed boat”), from Middle Dutch praem, from Middle Low German prām, from Old Czech *prám, from Proto-Slavic *pormъ.
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