Tram

Definition of Tram

n.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.
3.One of the rails of a tramway.
4.A car on a horse railroad.
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.
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.
1.(Mech.) Same as Trammel, n., 6.
v. t.1.To convey or transport on a tramway or on a tram car.
[imp. & p. p. Trammed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tramming.]
v. i.1.To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway; to travel by tramway.

Related Words

L, branch, cable railway, cog railway, el, electric, electric car, electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, embankment, feeder, feeder line, gravity-operated railway, horse railway, junction, light railroad, line, main line, metro, monorail, rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line, railroad, railway, roadbed, roadway, sidetrack, siding, street railway, streetcar, streetcar line, subway, switchback, terminal, terminus, track, tramcar, tramline, trestle, trolley, trolley car, trolley line, trunk, trunk line, tube, turnout, underground
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