Tram : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Tram	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Tram
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tram n a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers Synonym(s): tramway, tram, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine" Synonym(s): tramcar, tram a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity Synonym(s): streetcar, tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car v travel by tram
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tram \Tram\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trammed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tramming}.] To convey or transport on a tramway or on a tram car.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tram \Tram\, v. i. To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway; to travel by tramway.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tram \Tram\, n. (Mech.) Same as {Trammel}, n., 6.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tram \Tram\, n. [Prov. E. tram a coal wagon, the shaft of a cart or carriage, a beam or bar; probably of Scand, origin; cf. OSw. tr[86]m, trum, a beam, OD. drom, Prov. & OHG. tram.] 1. A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore. 2. The shaft of a cart. [Prov. Eng.] --De Quincey. 3. One of the rails of a tramway. 4. A car on a horse railroad. [Eng.] {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} (Milling), the step and support for the lower end of the spindle of a millstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tram \Tram\, n. [Sp. trama weft, or F. trame.] 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.