tram
Other forms: trams; tramming; trammed
A tram is a trolley or a streetcar—it's a vehicle that transports people using electricity from overhead cables while running on tracks that are set into the street.
In the U.S., you might also call a tram a cable car or light rail. If you've been on a streetcar in San Francisco or a trolley in Philadelphia, you've ridden a tram. The word tram was originally a Scottish term for the wagons that are used in coal mines, stemming from a Middle Flemish word meaning "rung or handle of a barrow."
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a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is often propelled by electricitysynonyms: streetcar, tramcar, trolley, trolley cartypes:horsecaran early form of streetcar that was drawn by horsestype of:self-propelled vehiclea wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion
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a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towerssynonyms: aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, tramway
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a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine
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travel by tram
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