gram
noun /ɡræm/
/ɡræm/
- (also British English, less frequent gramme)(abbreviation g, gm)a unit for measuring weight. There are 1 000 grams in one kilogram.Topics Cooking and eatingb2, Maths and measurementb2
- -grama thing that is written or drawn
- telegram
- hologram
Word Originsense 1 late 18th cent.: from French gramme, from late Latin gramma ‘a small weight’, from Greek.sense 2from Greek gramma ‘thing written, letter of the alphabet’, from graphein ‘write’.