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TRAM (trammed, tramming)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tram mean? 

TRAM (noun)
  The noun TRAM has 3 senses:

1. a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towersplay

2. a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mineplay

3. a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricityplay

  Familiarity information: TRAM used as a noun is uncommon.


TRAM (verb)
  The verb TRAM has 1 sense:

1. travel by tramplay

  Familiarity information: TRAM used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TRAM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

aerial tramway; cable tramway; ropeway; tram; tramway

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

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


Sense 2

Meaning:

A four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

tram; tramcar

Context example:

a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine

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

waggon; wagon (any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor)


Sense 3

Meaning:

A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

streetcar; tram; tramcar; trolley; trolley car

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

self-propelled vehicle (a wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tram"):

horsecar (an early form of streetcar that was drawn by horses)

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

trolley line (a transit line using streetcars or trolley buses)

Derivation:

tram (travel by tram)

Domain region:

Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


TRAM (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Travel by tram

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "tram" is one way to...):

go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

tram (a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity)


 Context examples 


And so it was that I found myself that foggy November evening pursuing the Camberwell tram with my heart glowing within me, and with the eager determination that not another day should elapse before I should find some deed which was worthy of my lady.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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