tram

IPA: trˈæm

noun

  • (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).
  • 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, historical) 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.
  • (weaving) 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 goods.

verb

  • (intransitive) To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway.
  • (intransitive) To travel by tram.
  • (transitive) To transport (material) by tram.
  • (US, transitive) To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the head of a drill press.
  • (weaving) To weave in this manner.
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Examples of "tram" in Sentences

  • In total, will pass in tram 28, 65 fado singers and 23 musicians.
  • Note to anyone thinking about doing this hike: The tram is closed on Sundays.
  • The hotel is on the outskirts of Athens, 50 minutes by tram from the city centre.
  • Then a normal life at the level of a regular clerk up early street tram office again tram home sleep
  • Sawmills had what they called tram roads, which runned manybe five or six miles down through the woods.
  • A better description of the tram is one of the several irons around the ankle of OHSU that prevents it from escaping the red.
  • The ride was a BSG 1.0 tie-in in which your Universal Studios tram is captured by Cylons who apparently are attempting to invade the San Fernando Valley.
  • The horse-drawn tram is a notable feature of Victor Harbor, though for the productivity-minded it’s worth pointing out that it’s actually quicker to walk.
  • Though I feel the tram was a waste of civic cash, I kinda like hiking the 4-T's Trail from the Zoo to Council Crest, then walking down to OHSU and riding the tram down to SoWhat.

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