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ram

/ɹæm/

noun

Meaning

  • A male sheep, typically uncastrated

  • A battering ram; a heavy object used for breaking through doors.

  • A warship intended to sink other ships by ramming them.

  • A piston powered by hydraulic pressure.

  • A weight which strikes a blow, in a ramming device such as a pile driver, a steam hammer, a stamp mill.