1
: any of various vehicles: such as
a
: a carrier that travels on an overhead cable or rails
b
chiefly British
: streetcar
c
: a boxlike wagon running on rails (as in a mine)
2
trams plural, chiefly British
: a streetcar line
Examples of tram in a Sentence
Noun
Take the tram to the departure terminal.
Recent Examples on the Web
Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Only four of the tram’s towers sit within the national park, rangers said, while the majority of the tramway sits on Bureau of Land Management territory.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 13 May 2024
After lounging on the sandy beaches, take a tram tour of Jardin Botánico Nacional, eat your way through Mercado Modelo for cheap, and visit the famous Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2024
In testing, smoothing out a 1:33 (min:sec) clip from a moving tram took 2:38, but all but the biggest shakes were pleasingly smoothed out.
—PCMAG, 1 May 2024
That is why Big Sky has more high-capacity chairs, more bubble chairs, the new tram, and the coming gondola.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
In the most Milan of manners, there’s even a sauna built into a vintage old tram car.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2024
This season the Big Sky ski resort celebrated its 50th anniversary, and as a rather lavish birthday present to itself, replaced the small old lift up to its infamous double-black expert area, Lone Peak, with a brand-new state-of-the-art tram.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The city is easy to navigate via its comprehensive network of trams, trains, buses and boats.
—Noele Illien, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
Noun
The video then shows a white truck with a camper deep in mud, and at the edge of the screen is the tram tower, which appears to already be lying on its side.
—Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
Only four of the tram’s towers sit within the national park, rangers said, while the majority of the tramway sits on Bureau of Land Management territory.
—Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 13 May 2024
After lounging on the sandy beaches, take a tram tour of Jardin Botánico Nacional, eat your way through Mercado Modelo for cheap, and visit the famous Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria la Menor.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2024
In testing, smoothing out a 1:33 (min:sec) clip from a moving tram took 2:38, but all but the biggest shakes were pleasingly smoothed out.
—PCMAG, 1 May 2024
That is why Big Sky has more high-capacity chairs, more bubble chairs, the new tram, and the coming gondola.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
In the most Milan of manners, there’s even a sauna built into a vintage old tram car.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2024
This season the Big Sky ski resort celebrated its 50th anniversary, and as a rather lavish birthday present to itself, replaced the small old lift up to its infamous double-black expert area, Lone Peak, with a brand-new state-of-the-art tram.
—Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The city is easy to navigate via its comprehensive network of trams, trains, buses and boats.
—Noele Illien, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
Verb
Suspecting foul play, the woman trams up with a manipulative hacker and cybersecurity expert to try to dig deeper.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Tram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tram. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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