PRAM Meaning of PRAM in English n. (also praam) 1 a flat-bottomed gunboat or Baltic cargo-boat. 2 a Scandinavian ship's dinghy. [ MDu. prame, praem, MLG pram(e), f. OSlav. pramu ] Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012