tram

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noun

ˈtram 

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

tram

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verb

trammed; tramming

transitive verb

: to haul in a tram or over a tramway

Examples of tram in a Sentence

Noun

Take the tram to the departure terminal.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The resort's aerial tram gives families an opportunity to explore the high alpine terrain of the Tetons. —Nora Colomer, Fox News, 23 May 2024

Martin Puryear, ‘That Profile’ 1999, stainless steel and bronze; outdoors on the tram arrival plaza (J. Paul Getty Museum) Advertisement Puryear’s monumental sculpture, which is four stories tall, greets visitors on the tram arrival plaza with a poetic admixture of time and place. —Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

Noun

English dialect, shaft of a wheelbarrow, probably from Low German traam, literally, beam

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1517, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1874, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

tram

noun

ˈtram

1

: a cart or wagon running on rails (as in a mine)

2

chiefly British : streetcar

3

: an overhead cable car