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Entry 8 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Tram

/trăm/ · IPA /tɹam/
01 n. A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore.
  1. 1.
    A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore.
  2. 2.
    The shaft of a cart.[Prov. Eng.]
  3. 3.
    One of the rails of a tramway.
  4. 4.
    A car on a horse railroad.[Eng.]
Phrases & compounds
Tram car — a car made to run on a tramway, especially a street railway car.
Tram plate — a flat piece of iron laid down as a rail.
Tram pot — the step and support for the lower end of the spindle of a millstone.
02 n. A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvet…
  1. 1.
    A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods.
03 n. Same as Trammel, n., 6.
  1. 1.
    Same as Trammel, n., 6.(Mech.) See: Trammel
04 v. t. To convey or transport on a tramway or on a tram car.
imp. & p. p. Trammed; p. pr. & vb. n. Tramming
  1. 1.
    To convey or transport on a tramway or on a tram car.
05 v. i. To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway; to travel by tramway.
  1. 1.
    To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway; to travel by tramway.