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Noun: tram  tram
  1. A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
    - streetcar [N. Amer], tramcar [Brit], trolley [US], trolley car [N. Amer]
     
  2. A four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine
    "a tram carries coal out of a coal mine";
    - tramcar [Brit], streetcar [N. Amer]
     
  3. [N. Amer] A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
    - tramway, aerial tramway [N. Amer], cable tramway [N. Amer], ropeway, cableway
Verb: tram (trammed,tramming)  tram
  1. Travel by tram

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