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Meaning of "murram" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF MURRAM

ˈmʌrəm


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MURRAM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Murram is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MURRAM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gravel road

A gravel road is a type of unpaved road surfaced with gravel that has been brought to the site from a quarry or stream bed. They are common in less-developed nations, and also in the rural areas of developed nations such as Canada and the United States. In New Zealand, they are known as 'metal roads'. They may be referred to as 'dirt roads' in common speech, but that term is used more for unimproved roads with no surface material added. If well constructed and maintained, a gravel road is an all-weather road.

Definition of murram in the English dictionary

The definition of murram in the dictionary is a gravelly lateritic material, often used to surface minor roads in parts of Africa.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MURRAM

abram · ashram · centrum · conundrum · Durham · durum · forum · harem · Hiram · ingram · Mizoram · ngultrum · quorum · Rotherham · serum · spectrum · theorem · Trivandrum · Vibram · wolfram

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MURRAM

murmurously · murphies · murphy · Murphy bed · Murphy-O´Connor · Murphy´s law · murr · murra · murragh · murrain · Murray · Murray cod · murre · murree · murrelet · murrey · murrhine · murrhine glass · murri · murrine

WORDS THAT END LIKE MURRAM

Agram · Aram · block diagram · cram · diagram · dram · foram · gram · haram · histogram · hologram · kilogram · Moharram · monogram · Muharram · program · ram · telegram · Thiruvananthapuram · tram

Synonyms and antonyms of murram in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «murram» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MURRAM

Find out the translation of murram to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of murram from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «murram» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

murram
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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murram
570 millions of speakers
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English

murram
510 millions of speakers
hi

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murram
380 millions of speakers
ar

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murram
280 millions of speakers
ru

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грунтовое покрытие
278 millions of speakers
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murram
270 millions of speakers
bn

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murram
260 millions of speakers
fr

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murram
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Murram
190 millions of speakers
de

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murram
180 millions of speakers
ja

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murram
130 millions of speakers
ko

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murram
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Murram
85 millions of speakers
vi

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murram
80 millions of speakers
ta

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murram
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मुरराम
75 millions of speakers
tr

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murram
70 millions of speakers
it

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murram
65 millions of speakers
pl

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murram
50 millions of speakers
uk

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грунтове покриття
40 millions of speakers
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murram
30 millions of speakers
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murram
15 millions of speakers
af

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murram
14 millions of speakers
sv

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murram
10 millions of speakers
no

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murram
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of murram

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MURRAM»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of murram
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about murram

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MURRAM»

Discover the use of murram in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to murram and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
(Question deferred) Question No.860 REDUCTION OF MURRAM PRICE PER TONNE Mr. Kaino asked the Minister for Roads whether he could reduce the prices of murram per tonne as it has become too expensive to grade and open up  ...
2
Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
Mrs. Seii: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the road in question is only 40 kilometres long and it received a very thin layer of murram. Could the Assistant Minister attest to the fact that Kshs110 million cannot be used to put a thin layer of murram on a ...
3
Archaeologia: Or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity
j aliam murrain stantem super tribus leonibus cum pede argenti et coopertorio argenteo deaurato. j murram stantem deauratam infra et extra. 1463. Will of John Baret, of Bury." my maseer with a beend and a foot of silnir and ovir gilt. 1471.
‎1887
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
particular road at the rate of Kshs1,050 per cubic meter of murram: One, M/S Spals, which supplied 1,430 cubic meters of murram; was paid Kshs1,501,500; this was its first contract. Two, M/S Kerugoya, which supplied 955 cubic meters of  ...
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
particular road at the rate of Kshs1,050 per cubic meter of murram: One, M/S Spals, which supplied 1,430 cubic meters of murram; was paid Kshs1,501,500; this was its first contract. Two, M/S Kerugoya, which supplied 955 cubic meters of  ...
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Old English Plate: Ecclesiastical, Decorative, and Domestic, ...
Test. Ebor. do. nnum mazer vocatum Spang ; meliorem ciphum meum de murreo scilicet mazer. These were bequeathed by Sir E. le Scrop (Lord Bolton) to his son the Archbishop of York. — Tdem. 1404. unam murram in cui fundo infra scribit.
Wilfred Joseph Cripps, 1894
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Kenya National Assembly Official Record (Hansard)
At a times, they are demoralised to the extent that when some of us go to the field to inspect the roads, you realise that the contractors are using soil to rehabilitate roads instead of murram. Personally, I have intervened on very many occasions.
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Kenya in Pictures
Roads leading to the main highways are paved or surfaced with a loose sand and pebble mixture called murram. In the rainy season, these murram roads are often impassable, which delays overland transport. Since the 1980s, the condition ...
Catherine Broberg, 2003
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大原農業研究所報告
N Morita, M Moritsugu and U. Tanaka (ill) <«M) 50 100 Hard and thlok murrain ( including clod) Clay like material (green yeIlow) Trachytic tuff 50h 100 (cm) (B) Fig. 3. Illustration of murram profile at observation pit ISO 200 220 (a Topaoll Hard ...
‎1985
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Kampala Law Reports: Decisions of the High Court and Supreme ...
He reiterated that he did not give permission to anyone to excavate the murram. Later the witness received a letter brought by his brother asking for murram. The second witness was Tamale-Balaba a Valuation Surveyor who testified that on ...
Ladislaus Kiiza Rwakafuuzi, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MURRAM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term murram is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Vihiga Group Urges Probe of Transport Chief Officer
Other grounds for an audit include payment and or nonpayment of awarded construction works, extraction of murram from a quarry in Banja ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
2
Traditional 'Surgeon' Who Treated Kenyatta Marks 60 Years of Service
As I drive to Nduuri Village in Runyenjes constituency, I take a winding murram road, that seems impassable during the rainy season. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
3
I Play Hide-and-Seek With Seasons and Middlemen to Mine Wealth …
At the Kiriachene junction along the Meru-Nanyuki highway, a murram road runs for six kilometers. The dust on the road and the sight of ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
Uganda's Pre-2016 Poll Status Report
... (Central, Rubaga, Nakawa and Makindye) the road network remains a pathetic mixture of murram or formerly tarmac roads now worn away. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
Youth Protest Against Governor's Decision
He said that Greater Yirol West chiefs contributed cows to buy fuel and UN-OPS accepted to bring trucks to transport murram. «gurtong, Jun 15»
6
Gachagua hits out at MPs for rejecting Monica Juma
During the commissioning of a murram quarry in Kieni constituency, the Governor publicly castigated Kieni MP Kanini Kega, for alleging that ... «The Standard Digital News, Jun 15»
7
White water rafting is not wild game
From Sagana town, you have to endure another 4km on a rocky, dusty or muddy (depending on the season) murram off road to get to Savage ... «K24 TV, Jun 15»
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Demand to scrap OCW agreement rises
... we have started temporarily filling trenches and small pits with stone dust and other hard material like murram. After the settling down of this ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
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Kenya: Laikipia North Residents Plant Shrubs On Bad Road in Protest
They urged the MP to consider repairing the road by putting murram so that transport can be eased. "When we want to go Doldol, the ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
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Karungo Wa Thangwa, the 'Irritant' MCA From Kiambu
... MCAs, other county officials and even drags a hired toilet with him to 'commission' a half kilometer of murram road? The allowance the whole ... «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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