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DRACHMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: drachmae   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Formerly the basic unit of money in Greece

Synonyms:

drachma; Greek drachma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("drachma" is a kind of...):

Greek monetary unit (monetary unit in Greece)

Meronyms (parts of "drachma"):

lepton (100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains

Synonyms:

drachm; drachma; dram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("drachma" is a kind of...):

apothecaries' unit; apothecaries' weight (any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces)

Meronyms (parts of "drachma"):

scruple (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 20 grains)

Holonyms ("drachma" is a part of...):

apothecaries' ounce; ounce; troy ounce (a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a troy pound)

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