tram

1 of 2

noun

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

2 of 2

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.
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Noun
The resort has 10 lifts, including the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway, which opened in 1938 and is North America’s first and oldest aerial tram. Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024 His vision of Treehouse Town is brimming with imaginative contraptions, like crow’s nests for viewing, air trams, rope swings, trapdoors and sycamore slides. Megan Gambino, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 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 See all Example Sentences for tram 

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

Time Traveler
The first known use of tram was circa 1517

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Cite this Entry

“Tram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tram. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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
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