tram
Phonetic
US /træm/UK /træm/
Translations
NOUNA passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America)., A similar vehicle for carrying materials., A people mover., An aerial cable car., A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train., A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams)., The shaft of a cart., One of the rails of a tramway., 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.
VERBTo operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway., To travel by tram., To transport (material) by tram., To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the head of a drill press., To weave in this manner.
Variants
- trams: Third Person Singular, Plural
- tramming: Present Participle
- trammed: Past Participle, Past Tense
Examples
As Dr Tramèr and his co-authors point out, no single entity could be a sole arbiter of what is fair and what is foul for an
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But there's probably no point in debating with someone who argues that you can't carry wooden planks on a tram (as one American said)
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