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

Haigh hopes for more trams Haigh will have to address such funding gaps, or find a way for a government with a tight budget to cough up some cash, in order to revive trams in the UK. —Nicole Kobie, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024

On the Christmas Express, visitors will be driven through the holiday adventure in the open-air tram. —Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 25 Nov. 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

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