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tram

1  [tram] ,noun, verb, trammed, tram⋅ming.
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–noun
1. British. a streetcar.
2. a tramway; tramroad.
3. Also called tram⋅car  [tram-kahr] . 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

Related forms:
tramless, adjective
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tram

2  [tram] ,noun, verb, trammed, tram⋅ming.
–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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tram 1   (trām)   
n.  

  1. Chiefly British

    1. A streetcar.

    2. A streetcar line.

  2. A cable car, especially one suspended from an overhead cable.

  3. 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.]
tram 2   (trām)   
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.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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