tram
About 1.11 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).
- noun A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
- noun A people mover.
- noun An aerial cable car.
- noun A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.
- noun A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).
- noun The shaft of a cart.
- noun One of the rails of a tramway.
Similar words
streetcar tramway trolley car tramcar trolley ropeway aerial tramway cable tramway bus subway
Often followed by
and to flap lines or stop was cars line
Word family
trammed tramming trams
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