Real Dictionary

-gram
combining form: -gram combines with nouns to form other nouns which refer to someone who dresses up in order to a bring a message to someone else, as a practical joke.

-gram in American English
something written down, drawn, or recorded

-gram in American English 1
combining form: a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant “something written,” “drawing” ( epigram; diagram). On this model, -gram is used in the formation of compound words (oscillogram)

-gram in American English 2
combining form

-gram in American English 3
combining form: a combining form extracted from telegram, used in the formation of compound words that have the general sense “message, bulletin”

-gram in British English
combining form in countable noun: indicating a drawing or something written or recorded

gram
countable noun: A gram is a unit of weight. One thousand grams are equal to one kilogram.

Gram in American English
noun: the sword of Sigmund, broken by Odin, repaired by Regin, and used again by Sigurd in killing Fafnir

gram in American English 1
the basic unit of mass in the metric system, equal to 0.03527 ounce (0.0022046 pound or 15.4321 grains): now defined in the SI system as 0.001 of the mass of the standard international kilogram (a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in France): one pound equal
noun: a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram

gram in American English 2
any of certain leguminous plants, used as fodder; esp., the chickpea
noun: the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle

gram in American English 3
grandmother
abbreviation: grammar

gram in American English 4
grammar

gram in British English 1
noun: a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram. It is equivalent to 15.432 grains or 0.002 205 pounds

gram in British English 2
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

gram in British English 3
noun: (in India) a village

gram in Electrical Engineering
noun: A gram is a unit of weight that is a one thousandth part of a kilogram.

gram. in British English
abbreviation for: grammar