TELFER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telfer mean? 

• TELFER (noun)
  The noun TELFER has 1 sense:

1. one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage

  Familiarity information: TELFER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELFER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

telfer; telpher

Hypernyms ("telfer" is a kind of...):

conveyance; transport (something that serves as a means of transportation)

Holonyms ("telfer" is a part of...):

telferage; telpherage (a transportation system in which cars (telphers) are suspended from cables and operated on electricity)