PROM

promenade, prom

(noun) a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the academic year

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

prom (plural proms)

(British) a promenade concert

(British, abbreviation) promenade

(US) a formal ball held at a high school or college on special occasions, e.g. near the end of the academic year

Anagrams

• romp

Noun

PROM (plural PROMs)

(electronics) Programmable read-only memory: A PROM chip can be programmed one or more times (depending on the type) and generally cannot be re-programmed without special equipment. Once programmed and installed in a device, it functions as a read-only chip (as if it had been hard-wired to function that way.)

Anagrams

• romp

Proper noun

Prom (plural Proms)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Prom is the 18550th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1487 individuals. Prom is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (47.21%) and White (44.86%) individuals.

Anagrams

• romp

Source: Wiktionary



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