TRAM

streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car

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

tramcar, tram

(noun) a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; “a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine”

tramway, tram, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway

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

tram

(verb) travel by tram

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

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.

Verb

tram (third-person singular simple present trams, present participle tramming, simple past and past participle trammed)

(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.

Etymology 2

Noun

tram (plural trams)

(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.

Anagrams

• Mart., RATM, mart, matr-, tarm

Source: Wiktionary

Tram, n. Etym: [Prov. E. tram a coal wagon, the shaft of a cart or carriage, a beam or bar; probably of Scand, origin; cf. OSw. tråm, trum, a beam, OD. drom, Prov. & OHG. tram.]

1. A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore.

2. The shaft of a cart. [Prov. Eng.] De Quincey.

3. One of the rails of a tramway.

4. A car on a horse railroad. [Eng.] Tram car, a car made to run on a tramway, especially a street railway car.

– Tram plate, a flat piece of iron laid down as a rail.

– Tram pot (Milling), the step and support for the lower end of the spindle of a millstone.

Tram, n. Etym: [Sp. trama weft, or F. trame.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition