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tram 1
(trăm)n.
1. Chiefly British
a. A streetcar.
b. A streetcar line.
2. A cable car, especially one suspended from an overhead cable.
3. A four-wheeled, open, box-shaped wagon or car run on tracks in a mine.
tr.v. trammed, tram·ming, trams
To move or convey in a tram.
[Scots, shaft of a barrow, probably from Middle Flemish.]
tram 2
(trăm)n.
1. An instrument for gauging and adjusting machine parts; a trammel.
2. Accurate mechanical adjustment: The device is in tram.
tr.v. trammed, tram·ming, trams
To adjust or align (mechanical parts) with a trammel.
[Short for trammel.]
tram 3
(trăm)n.
A shiny silk thread with very little twist, primarily used as a weft yarn.
[Middle English, contrivance, from Old French traime, contrivance, weft, from Latin trāma, weft, woof.]
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tram
(træm)n
1. (Automotive Engineering) Also called: tramcar an electrically driven public transport vehicle that runs on rails let into the surface of the road, power usually being taken from an overhead wire. US and Canadian names: streetcar or trolley car
2. (Mining & Quarrying) a small vehicle on rails for carrying loads in a mine; tub
[C16 (in the sense: shaft of a cart): probably from Low German traam beam; compare Old Norse thrömr, Middle Dutch traem beam, tooth of a rake]
ˈtramless adj
tram
(træm)n
(Mechanical Engineering) machinery a fine adjustment that ensures correct function or alignment
vb, trams, tramming or trammed
(Mechanical Engineering) (tr) to adjust (a mechanism) to a fine degree of accuracy
[C19: short for trammel]
tram
(træm)n
(Textiles) (in weaving) a weft yarn of two or more twisted strands of silk
[C17: from French trame, from Latin trāma; related to Latin trāns across, trāmes footpath]
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tram1
(træm)n., v. trammed, tram•ming. n.
1. Brit. a streetcar.
2. a tramway.
3. a truck or car on rails for carrying loads in a mine.
4. the vehicle or cage of an overhead carrier.
v.t., v.i. 5. to convey or travel by tram.
[1820–30; orig., shafts of a barrow or cart, rails for carts (in mines); perhaps < Middle Dutch trame beam]
tram3
(træm)n.
silk that has been slightly or loosely twisted, used as filling in weaving silk fabrics.
[1670–80; < French trame weft, alter. of Old French traime (after tramer to weave) < Latin trāma warp]
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tram
Past participle: trammed
Gerund: tramming
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tram
streetcar
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| Noun | 1. |  tram - a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towerstransport, conveyance - something that serves as a means of transportation |
| 2. |  tram - a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine" | |
| 3. |  tram - a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricityhorsecar - an early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses self-propelled vehicle - a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion trolley line - a transit line using streetcars or trolley buses Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom | |
| Verb | 1. | tram - travel by tram go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
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Translations
تَرامتْرام، عَربَة تْرام
трамвай
tramvaj
sporvogn
tramo
raitiovaunu
tramvaj
villamos
sporvagn
市内電車路面電車
전차
tramvajų linijos
tramvajs
električka
tramvaj
spårvagn
รถราง
трамвай
tàu điện
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
tram
n
(esp Brit) → Straßenbahn f, → Tram(bahn) f (S Ger, Sw, Aus); Blackpool still has trams → in Blackpool gibt es noch Straßenbahnen; to go by tram → mit der Straßenbahn fahren; I saw her on a tram → ich habe sie in einer Straßenbahn gesehen
(Min) → Grubenbahn f
tram
:tramcar
tram driver
n (esp Brit) → Straßenbahnfahrer(in) m(f)
tramline
n (esp Brit) (= track) → Straßenbahnschiene f; (= route) → Straßenbahnlinie f; trams (Tennis) → Linien pl → des Doppelspielfelds
tram
:tramride
n (esp Brit) → Straßenbahnfahrt f
tramway
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
tram
(trӕm) noun (also ˈtramcar. American ˈstreetcar) a long car running on rails and usually driven by electric power, for carrying passengers especially along the streets of a town.
ˈtramway noun a system of tracks for trams.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
tram
→ تَرام tramvaj sporvogn Straßenbahn τραμ tranvía raitiovaunu tram tramvaj tram 路面電車 전차 tram sporvogn tramwaj bonde, carro elétrico трамвай spårvagn รถราง tramvay tàu điện 有轨电车Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009