: a small lightweight nearly flat-bottomed boat with a broad transom and usually squared-off bow

pram

2 of 2

noun (2)

chiefly British

Examples of pram in a Sentence

Noun (2) like other trendy Notting Hill couples, they bought a fancy pram for the first baby
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Noun
Once upon a time, Ronaldo would have been prone to a strop — comically throwing his toys out of the pram and throwing his arms about as his team-mates looked on at one of the greatest players ever losing his head. Elias Burke, The Athletic, 18 Aug. 2024 Our four-month-old slept in his pram by the pool while our oldest drank mocktails, took Thai boxing lessons and collected shells from the beach. Marylou Costa, Contributor, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024 Showing their commitment to all things Halloween, the couple even had a pram filled with baby ogres in tow. Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024 There’s been a turning of the tables since the website conducted the study in 2021, when baby strollers stood at 67% and puppy prams at 33%,per the Korea Times. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pram 

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle Dutch praem & Middle Low German prām

Noun (2)

by shortening & alteration from perambulator

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1531, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1884, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of pram was in 1531

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“Pram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pram. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.

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