'Tram' definitions:
Definition of 'tram'
From: WordNet
noun
A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers [syn: tramway, tram, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway]
noun
A four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine" [syn: tramcar, tram]
noun
A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity [syn: streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car]
verb
Travel by tram
Definition of 'Tram'
From: GCIDE
- Tram \Tram\, n. [Prov. E. tram a coal wagon, the shaft of a cart or carriage, a beam or bar; probably of Scand, origin; cf. OSw. tr[*a]m, trum, a beam, OD. drom, Prov. & OHG. tram.]
- 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. [Prov. Eng.] --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One of the rails of a tramway. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A car on a horse railroad. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- Tram car, a car made to run on a tramway, especially a street railway car.
- Tram plate, a flat piece of iron laid down as a rail.
- Tram pot (Milling), the step and support for the lower end of the spindle of a millstone. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tram'
From: GCIDE
- Tram \Tram\, n. [Sp. trama weft, or F. trame.] 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]
Definition of 'Tram'
From: GCIDE
- Tram \Tram\, n. (Mech.) Same as Trammel, n., 6. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Tram'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Tram'
From: GCIDE
- Tram \Tram\, v. i. To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway; to travel by tramway. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'tram'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- branch,
- cable railway,
- cog railway,
- el,
- electric,
- electric car,
- electric railway,
- elevated,
- elevated railway,
- embankment,
- feeder,
- feeder line,
- gravity-operated railway,
- horse railway,
- junction,
- L,
- light railroad,
- line,
- main line,
- metro,
- monorail,
- rack railway,
- rack-and-pinion railway,
- rail,
- rail line,
- railroad,
- railway,
- roadbed,
- roadway,
- sidetrack,
- siding,
- street railway,
- streetcar,
- streetcar line,
- subway,
- switchback,
- terminal,
- terminus,
- track,
- tramcar,
- tramline,
- trestle,
- trolley,
- trolley car,
- trolley line,
- trunk,
- trunk line,
- tube,
- turnout,
- underground