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
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.
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.
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.
• 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. trĂĄm, 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
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
