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ɡræm Gram Noun Bre Telegram Hologram Late Native

Word gram
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ɡræm / NAmE / ɡræm /
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  • telegram
  • hologram
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gram

(noun)BrE / ɡræm / NAmE / ɡræm /
  1. a unit for measuring weight. There are 1 000 grams in one kilogram.
  2. a thing that is written or drawn
    • telegram
    • hologram

    Word Origin

    • sense 1 late 18th cent.: from French gramme, from late Latin gramma ‘a small weight’, from Greek.
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