tramway
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noun
1.
a crude railroad of wooden rails or of wooden rails capped with metal treads.
2.
British, tramline.
3.
Mining. a track, usually elevated, or roadway for mine haulage.
4.
Also called aerial railway, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway. a system for hauling passengers and freight in vehicles suspended from a cable or cables supported by a series of towers, hangers, or the like: used over canyons, between mountain peaks, etc.
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| —n | |
| 1. | another name for tramline |
| 2. | (Brit) |
| a. a public transportation system using trams | |
| b. the company owning or running such a system | |
| 3. | Also called (esp US): tramroad a small or temporary railway for moving freight along tracks, as in a quarry |
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Example sentences
He tries to mix things up, hopping into a store and switching between taxis and the city's rundown tramway.
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