tram
/tɹæm/
A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road; A similar vehicle for carrying materials
- plural
- trams
Meanings
- 1
A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America)
What tram are you taking?
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Which is cheaper, the bus or the tram?
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- 2
A similar vehicle for carrying materials
- 3
A people moverrare
- 4
An aerial cable carrare
- 5
A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless trainrare
- 6
A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams)rare
- 7
The shaft of a cartrare
- 8
One of the rails of a tramwayrare
- 9
A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goodsrare