Meaning & use

Grammes

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The British spelling of the plural of 'gram,' a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram.

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The recipe calls for two hundred grammes of flour.

She weighed out fifty grammes of coffee beans for the batch.

A note on using this word

'Gramme' was the traditional British spelling before 'gram' became the internationally standardized form.

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