pram

noun

ˈpram How to pronounce pram (audio)
Definition of pramnext
chiefly British
as in buggy
a small four-wheeled vehicle designed for pushing a baby around in like other trendy Notting Hill couples, they bought a fancy pram for the first baby

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Recent Examples of pram One wearily pushes hers in a creaky pram. — Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025 Photos from Kate McLeod's TikTok video of her daughter, Nora, smiling, and pushing a pram, right. — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Aug. 2025 There were the last-minute withdrawals hoisted upon Wiegman, at least one of which felt like toys out of the pram. — Phil Hay, New York Times, 28 July 2025 Step inside the taproom, and an original Optimist pram boat hanging from the ceiling speaks to the coastal side of Dunedin’s story. — Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 12 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pram
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pram
  1. buggy
  2. crib
  3. pushchair
  4. stroller
  5. baby carriage
  6. baby buggy
  7. perambulator
Noun
  • As a major bloc that has been able to apply pressure, the union has thwarted several efforts by Mamdani’s predecessors to ban the attraction, as hundreds of carriage operators make a living operating the buggies.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The service Staff know the Madinat Jumeirah complex inside out, happily pointing you to any of its 50-plus restaurants and arranging complimentary buggies or abras to get you there.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of buggy
Noun
  • For families While there’s no kids’ club, and Amangani’s chic decor feels distinctly adult, the hotel welcomes families with open arms, and suites are plenty large enough for a crib or rollaway bed.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • That means placing the baby on their back in their own crib or bassinet, without soft bedding or other objects around them.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of crib
Noun
  • Hers is a story that begins with a pushchair, a pony, and a mother’s refusal to buy toys for her children.
    — Gemma Redrup, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Families should have little trouble accommodating luggage, pushchairs or weekly shopping loads.
    — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Definition of pushchair
Noun
  • The Doona changed the baby-transport game by transforming from an infant car seat into a stroller with the press of a button.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Soon after, police said the same person attempted to remove another child from a stroller before leaving on foot.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of stroller
Noun
  • And as for her family life, the singer may not be finished with the baby carriage just yet.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Ten years ago, there were no baby carriages downtown.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of baby carriage
Noun
  • Universal drink caddies that attach to the handles of suitcases and baby buggies.
    — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Our daughter’s former room has my grandma’s baby buggy in it, an old roll-top desk, a faux metal bed and an antique bookcase.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2020
Definition of baby buggy
Noun
  • In a 1923 address to the British Royal Society of the Arts, one Samuel Sewell chided his fellow-researchers for having failed to research the history of a device as common and useful as the ubiquitous perambulator, or pram.
    — Peter C. Baker, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2022
  • One perambulator holding big packages and a sleeping red-haired baby clutching the strings of two round, red balloons.
    — Robert Richardson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
Definition of perambulator

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“Pram.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pram. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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