1.  tram(n = noun.artifact) aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, tramway - a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers;
is a kind of conveyance, transport

2.  tram(n = noun.artifact) tramcar - a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine"
is a kind of waggon, wagon

3.  tram(n = noun.artifact) streetcar, tramcar, trolley, trolley car - a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity;
is a kind of self-propelled vehicle
is a part of trolley line
has particulars: horsecar
Derived form verb tram₁

   tram(v = verb.motion) - travel by tram;
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Derived form noun tram₃
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

1.  A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore. [1913 Webster]

2.  The shaft of a cart. De Quincey. [1913 Webster]

3.  One of the rails of a tramway. [1913 Webster]

4.  A car on a horse railroad. [1913 Webster]

   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. [1913 Webster]

   Same as Trammel, n., 6. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   To convey or transport on a tramway or on a tram car. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway; to travel by tramway. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

tram, n.
1 Brit. an electrically-powered passenger vehicle running on rails laid in a public road.
2 a four-wheeled vehicle used in coal-mines.

Idiom:
tram-road hist. a road with wooden, stone, or metal wheel-tracks.

tram, n. (in full tram silk) double silk thread used for the weft of some velvets and silks.

Etymology:
F trame f. L trama weft

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