TROLLEY CAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trolley car mean? 

• TROLLEY CAR (noun)
  The noun TROLLEY CAR has 1 sense:

1. a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity

  Familiarity information: TROLLEY CAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROLLEY CAR (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("trolley car" 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 "trolley car"):

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

Holonyms ("trolley car" is a part of...):

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