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tram1

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–noun

1.	British. a streetcar.

2.	a tramway; tramroad.

3.	Also called tram·car Audio Help [tram-kahr] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. a truck or car on rails for carrying loads in a mine.

4.	the vehicle or cage of an overhead carrier.

–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

5.	to convey or travel by tram.

[Origin: 1490–1500 for an earlier sense; 1820–30 for def. 2; orig. shafts of a barrow or cart, rails for carts (in mines); perh. < MD trame beam

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—Related forms

tramless, adjective

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tram2

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–noun

1.	trammel (def. 3).

–verb (used with object)

2.	Machinery. to adjust (something) correctly.

[Origin: 1880–85; short for trammel

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tram¹ Audio Help (trām) Pronunciation Key
n.

Chiefly British
1. A streetcar.
2. A streetcar line.
A cable car, especially one suspended from an overhead cable.
A four-wheeled, open, box-shaped wagon or iron car run on tracks in a coal mine.

tr.v. trammed, tram·ming, trams
To move or convey in a tram.

[Scots, shaft of a barrow, probably from Middle Flemish.]

tram² Audio Help (trām) Pronunciation Key
n.

tr.v. trammed, tram·ming, trams
To adjust or align (mechanical parts) with a trammel.

[Short for trammel.]

Tramming

Tram\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tramming.] To convey or transport on a tramway or on a tram car.

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