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Definition of 'tram' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) tram
Brit. a streetcar.

2.  tram
a tramway.

3.  tram
a truck or car on rails for carrying loads in a mine.

4.  tram
the vehicle or cage of an overhead carrier.

5. (v.i.) tram
to convey or travel by tram.

6. (n.) tram
silk that has been slightly or loosely twisted, used as filling in weaving silk fabrics.

Etymology:  (1885–90)

Definition of 'tram' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) tramway, tram, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway
a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers

2. (noun) tramcar, tram
a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine
"a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine"

3. (verb) streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car
a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity

4. (verb) tram
travel by tram


Definition of 'tram' Webster Dictionary 

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

2. (noun) tram
the shaft of a cart

3. (noun) tram
one of the rails of a tramway

4. (noun) tram
a car on a horse railroad

5. (noun) tram
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


Translation of 'tram' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (alsoˈtramcar
American; ˈstreetcar) a long car running on rails and usually driven by electric power, for carrying passengers especially along the streets of a town.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: trem Arabic flag Arabic: تْرام، عَربَة تْرام Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: трамвай
Brazilian flag Brazilian: bonde Czech flag Czech: tramvaj German flag German: die Straßenbahn
Danish flag Danish: sporvogn Greek flag Greek: τραμ Spanish flag Spanish: tranvía
Estonian flag Estonian: tramm Farsi flag Farsi: تراموا Finnish flag Finnish: raitiovaunu
French flag French: tramway Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֲשמָלִית Hindi flag Hindi: ट्राम
Croatian flag Croatian: električni tramvaj Hungarian flag Hungarian: villamos Indonesian flag Indonesian: trem
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sporvagn Italian flag Italian: tram Japanese flag Japanese: 市街電車
Korean flag Korean: 시간 전차 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tramvajus Latvian flag Latvian: tramvajs
Malay flag Malay: trem Dutch flag Dutch: tram Norwegian flag Norwegian: trikk, sporvogn
Polish flag Polish: tramwaj Persian flag Persian: تراموا Pashto flag Pashto: د بار وړلو وسيله
Portuguese flag Portuguese: carro eléctrico Romanian flag Romanian: tramvai Russian flag Russian: тамвай
Slovak flag Slovak: električka Slovenian flag Slovenian: tramvaj Serbian flag Serbian: tramvaj
Swedish flag Swedish: spårvagn Thai flag Thai: รถราง Turkish flag Turkish: tramvay
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 有軌電車 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: трамвай Urdu flag Urdu: ٹرام، ايک قسم کي گاڑي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: xe chạy bằng điện Chinese flag Chinese: 有轨电车

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