First Known Use: circa 1517
Dictionary
1tram
noun \ˈtram\
: a vehicle that runs on a track or on rails and that is usually used to carry groups of people for a short distance
Full Definition of TRAM
1
: any of various vehicles: as a : a boxlike wagon running on rails (as in a mine) b chiefly British : streetcar c : a carrier that travels on an overhead cable or rails
2
plural chiefly British : a streetcar line
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Examples of TRAM
- Take the tram to the departure terminal.
Origin of TRAM
English dialect, shaft of a wheelbarrow, probably from Low German traam, literally, beam
2tram
transitive verb
trammedtram·ming
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