English Explanatory Dictionary

prom

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A promenade concert.
  2. A promenade.
  3. A formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions; e.g., near the end of the academic year.
verb
  1. To attend a prom.
noun
  1. Acronym of programmable read-only memory, a chip that can be programmed one or more times (depending on the type) and generally cannot be re-programmed without special equipment (if at all); once programmed and installed in a device, it functions as a read-only chip (as if it had been hard-wired to function that way).
  2. Initialism of prelabor rupture of membranes.
  3. Initialism of passive range of motion.
name
  1. A surname.
name
  1. Alternative form of Prome (“the city of Pyay”).

Pronunciation

/pɹɑm/ /pɹɒm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prom.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-prom.wav

Word forms

prom proms promming prommed

Etymology

Clipping of promenade.

Related words

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Derived words

high school prom high-school prom highschool prom JS prom off like a prom dress promgoer prom-goer prom king prom queen promlike prommer promposal prompose promwear promzilla EPROM EEPROM OTPROM PPROM
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