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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