Definition of Tram in English :

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Tram meaning in English

Meaning of Tram in English

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Tram

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Noun

1. aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, tram, tramway

a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers

2. tram, tramcar

a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine

Example Sentences:
'a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine'

3. streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car

a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity

Verb

4. tram

travel by tram

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Tram

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noun
1. Also called: tramcar
an electrically driven public transport vehicle that runs on rails let into the surface of the road, power usually being taken from an overhead wire
. US and Canadian names: streetcar, trolley car
2. 
a small vehicle on rails for carrying loads in a mine; tub
noun
1. machinery
a fine adjustment that ensures correct function or alignment
verbWord forms: trams, tramming or trammed
2. (transitive)
to adjust (a mechanism) to a fine degree of accuracy
noun
(in weaving) a weft yarn of two or more twisted strands of silk

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Tram

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verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: trammed or ˈtramming
5. 
to convey or be conveyed by tram
noun
1. 
trammel (sense 6)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: trammed or ˈtramming
2. 
to adjust, align, or measure with a trammel (sense 6)
noun
a double, twisted silk thread used as the weft in fine silks and velvets
noun
1. 
an open railway car for carrying loads in mines
: also ˈtramˌcar
2. 
the basket or car of an overhead conveyor
3. 
tramroad
4.  British
a. 
a streetcar
: in full ˈtramˌcar
b.  [often pl.]
a streetcar line
: in full ˈtramˌline

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Tram

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n.
1. Chiefly British
a. A streetcar.
b. A streetcar line.
2. A cable car, especially one that rolls along an overhead cable along which it is drawn by a second, moving cable.
3. A four-wheeled, open, box-shaped wagon or car run on tracks in a mine.
tr.v. trammed, tram·ming, trams
To move or convey in a tram.
n.
1. An instrument for gauging and adjusting machine parts; a trammel.
2. Accurate mechanical adjustment: The device is in tram.
tr.v. trammed, tram·ming, trams
To adjust or align (mechanical parts) with a trammel.
n.
A shiny silk thread with very little twist, primarily used as a weft yarn.

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