name
Meaning 1
A nickname for a grandmother.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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gramma
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/ˈɡɹæ(m)mɑː/
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/ˈɡɹæmə/
noun
Meaning 2
A grandmother.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
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noun
Meaning 3
A variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
Examples
- Traditionally Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata have been placed into two groups - pumpkins and grammas respectively.
- 1941, H. Barnes, Robert Veitch, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, John Howard Simmonds, The Queensland Agricultural and Pastoral Handbook, Volume 1, page 238, Pumpkins and grammas are harvested when mature, usually when the vines have died or been frosted.
- 1983, Margaret Fulton, Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery: The Complete Kitchen Companion from A to Z, Revised 2005, Republished 2009, page 493, Gramma, or bugle, pumpkin is the variety traditionally used for pumpkin pie, but if it is not available, use butternut instead.
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative form of grama.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 5
Something that is written.
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noun
Meaning 6
The subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
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noun
Meaning 7
pasture grass of plains of South America and western North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grama, grama grass, gramma grass
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Broader terms: grass
Narrower terms: blue grama, Bouteloua gracilis, black grama, Bouteloua eriopoda
History
Etymology
Pronunciation spelling of grandma.
From Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma). Doublet of gram.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Thai: ไวยากรณ์ (wai-yaa-gɔɔn) — subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic