Words / B1

PRAM/præm/

A pram is a four-wheeled carriage for a baby lying down (UK; US baby carriage). A pushchair is usually for a sitting toddler; a buggy is a close twin of a pushchair. Clinics: fold the pram in the waiting room; it is still not allowed in the treatment cubicle.

Meaning

A four-wheeled carriage for a baby lying down (UK; US baby carriage).

Examples

• “Fold the pram in the clinic waiting room; it is still not allowed in the treatment cubicle.”
• “A pram on the nursery placement still needs the brake on; a shopping trolley is not a seat.”

Good to know

a pram (UK). US: a baby carriage. Contrast: a pushchair / a buggy. NHS / nursery. Countable. Mix-up: to pram is not a verb in school English; the noun is the baby carriage.

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