tram🔊

(Australia, British, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America). +

A similar vehicle for carrying materials.

(US, rail transport) A people mover.

(US) An aerial cable car.

(US) A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.

(British, historical) A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).

(obsolete) The shaft of a cart.

(obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway.

To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway.

To travel by tram.

To transport (material) by tram.

(US) To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the spindle of a mill or drill press, as historically accomplished using a trammel.

(weaving) 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.

(weaving) To weave in this manner.