1. A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
   "Tourists rode the historic tram through the city centre";
   - streetcar [N. Amer], tramcar [Brit], trolley [US], trolley car [N. Amer]
    
2. [N. Amer] A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
   "Skiers rode the aerial tram to reach the mountain summit";
   - tramway, aerial tramway [N. Amer], cable tramway [N. Amer], ropeway, cableway
    
3. A four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine
   "a tram carries coal out of a coal mine";
   - tramcar [Brit]

1. Travel by tram
   "We trammed into the city centre"

Derived forms: trammed, tramming, trams

Type of: conveyance, go, locomote, move, self-propelled vehicle, transport, travel, waggon, wagon

Part of: trolley line [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Tram, Kentucky