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DRAM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Armenia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("dram" is a kind of...):

Armenian monetary unit (monetary unit in Armenia)

Sense 2

Meaning:

1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("dram" is a kind of...):

avoirdupois unit (any of the units of the avoirdupois system of weights)

Meronyms (parts of "dram"):

grain (1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams)

Holonyms ("dram" is a part of...):

ounce; oz. (a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams)

Sense 3

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

drachm; drachma; dram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("dram" is a kind of...):

apothecaries' unit; apothecaries' weight (any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces)

Meronyms (parts of "dram"):

scruple (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains)

Holonyms ("dram" is a part of...):

apothecaries' ounce; ounce; troy ounce (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound)

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