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tram

noun verb

A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).

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Word length
4
Starts with
T
Ends with
M
Contains
RA
Scrabble score
6
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/tɹam/ /tɹæm/

Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).

  2. A similar vehicle for carrying materials.

  3. A people mover.

  4. An aerial cable car.

  5. A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.

  6. A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).

  7. The shaft of a cart.

  8. One of the rails of a tramway.

verb

  1. To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway.

  2. To travel by tram.

  3. To transport (material) by tram.

  4. To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the head of a drill press.

noun

  1. 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.

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