Word Frequency
gram2 (ɡræm
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Definitions
noun
- any of several leguminous plants, such as the beans Phaseolus mungo (black gram or urd) and P. aureus (green gram), whose seeds are used as food in India
- the seed of any of these plants
Word Origin
C18: from Portuguese gram (modern spelling grão), from Latin grānumgrainTranslations for 'gram'
- British English: gram A gram or gramme is a unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.ɡræm NOUN
- Arabic: جرام
- Brazilian Portuguese: gramaunidade de medida
- Chinese: 克
- Croatian: gram
- Czech: gram
- Danish: gram
- Dutch: gram
- European Spanish: gramo
- Finnish: gramma
- French: gramme
- German: Gramm Gramm
- Greek: γραμμάριο
- Italian: grammo
- Japanese: グラム
- Korean: 그램
- Norwegian: gram
- Polish: gram
- Portuguese: gramaunidade de medida
- Romanian: gram grame
- Russian: грамм
- Spanish: gramo
- Swedish: gram
- Thai: น้ำหนักเป็นกรัม
- Turkish: gram
- Ukrainian: грам
- Vietnamese: gam
Example Sentences Including 'gram'
Fat is, after all, a very good form of fuel, giving twice as much energy per gram.The Family Nutrition Workbook
For starters, the funds will flow directly from the central exchequer to the gram panchayat, minimising the channels for leakages.Business Today (2000)
From the upper branches his body hit the ground, shaking every gram of blood, his mates astounded at the thump of his flesh bomb.The Open Door
Jim Irving was a neat wiry man in his sixties, athletic, without a gram of spare fat.Somewhere East of Life
Later it is more likely to become infected with gram negative bacteria, which plague hospitals.Times, Sunday Times (2001)
One-fifth of a gram of heroin can be bought for £10, half the price it was four years ago.Times, Sunday Times (2001)
The government sells two varieties ranging from about $12 to $15 Cdn a gram - enough for up to four joints.canada.com (2004)
To convert a gram of iron to a gram of gold takes just about as much energy as is produced by the fissioning of one gram of U-235.The Complete Stories Volume 2
Users buy it in bags by the "point" - roughly a tenth of a gram - for around $100 to $150.New Zealand Herald (2003)
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