tram
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
tram (plural trams)
- (Australia, Britain, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).
- Synonyms: streetcar, trolley
- A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
- (US, rail transport) A people mover.
- (US) An aerial cable car.
- (US) A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.
- (British English, dated) A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).
- (obsolete) The shaft of a cart.
- (obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway.
- French: tramway, tram
- German: Straßenbahn, S-bahn, Tram (Austria), Trambahn
- Italian: tram
- Portuguese: elétrico (Europe), bonde (Brazil)
- Russian: трамва́й
- Spanish: tranvía
- Russian: вагоне́тка
tram (trams, present participle tramming; past and past participle trammed)
- (intransitive) To operate, or conduct#Verb|conduct the business of, a tramway.
- (intransitive) To travel by tram.
- (transitive) To transport#Verb|transport (material) by tram.
- (US, transitive) To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the head of a drill press.
tram (plural trams)
- (weaving) A silk thread formed of two or more threads twist#Verb|twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.
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