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tram

1

[ tram ]

noun

  1. British. a streetcar.
  2. Also called tram·car [tram, -kahr]. a truck or car on rails for carrying loads in a mine.
  3. the vehicle or cage of an overhead carrier.


verb (used with or without object)

, trammed, tram·ming.
  1. to convey or travel by tram.

tram

2

[ tram ]

verb (used with object)

, trammed, tram·ming.
  1. Machinery. to adjust (something) correctly.

tram

3

[ tram ]

noun

  1. silk that has been slightly or loosely twisted, used weftwise in weaving silk fabrics.

tram

1

/ træm /

noun

  1. Also calledtramcar 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 namesstreetcartrolley car
  2. a small vehicle on rails for carrying loads in a mine; tub


tram

2

/ træm /

noun

  1. (in weaving) a weft yarn of two or more twisted strands of silk

tram

3

/ træm /

noun

  1. machinery a fine adjustment that ensures correct function or alignment

verb

  1. tr to adjust (a mechanism) to a fine degree of accuracy

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Derived Forms

  • ˈtramless, adjective

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Other Words From

  • tramless adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tram1

First recorded in 1490–1500; Middle English tram, tram(me) “mechanical device, astronomical instrument, siege tower”); 1820–30 tram 1fordef 2; originally shafts of a barrow or cart, rails for carts (in mines); perhaps from Middle Dutch trame “beam”

Origin of tram2

First recorded in 1880–85; short for trammel

Origin of tram3

First recorded in 1670–80; from French trame “woof, weft, tram,” from Latin trāma “warp,” from trahere “to draw, drag”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tram1

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

Origin of tram2

C17: from French trame , from Latin trāma ; related to Latin trāns across, trāmes footpath

Origin of tram3

C19: short for trammel

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Example Sentences

Eva and Adele, the Art Couple, were on my tram, both in high-collared baby-pink dresses.

By day you'll be coerced to hike "the Peak" (I like the tram, thank you) for a quiet view of Kowloon.

Luckily, public transport (the tram) is brilliantly efficient, cost-effective, and blissfully above ground.

Tram cars often ran along the middle of the street, with barely room for a vehicle to pass on either side.

Tram cars were numerous and children played everywherePg 140 with utter unconcern for the vehicles which crowded the streets.

In London, for instance, certain tramway companies double the tram-fares on Sundays.

She walked to Merrion Gates along the tram line about four miles, when she was stopped by sentries.

How often I would watch some tram-car, some string of barges go from me slowly out of sight.

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