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Definitions for Tram

[1] British . a streetcar.
[2] a tramway; tramroad.
[3] Also called tram·car [tram -kahr] /ˈtræmˌkɑr/ . a truck or car on rails for carrying loads in a mine.
[4] the vehicle or cage of an overhead carrier.
[5] to convey or travel by tram.
[6] trammel(def 3) .
[7] Machinery . to adjust (something) correctly.
[8] silk that has been slightly or loosely twisted, used weftwise in weaving silk fabrics.
[9] Also called: tramcar an electrically driven public transport vehicle that runs on rails let into the surface of the road, power usually being taken from an overhead wire US and Canadian names: streetcar , trolley car
[10] a small vehicle on rails for carrying loads in a mine; tub
[11] machinery a fine adjustment that ensures correct function or alignment
[12] (tr) to adjust (a mechanism) to a fine degree of accuracy
[13] (in weaving) a weft yarn of two or more twisted strands of silk

Words related to Tram

car, streetcar, gondola

Words nearby Tram

traject, trajectory, trakl, tralee, trali, tram, tram flap, trama, tramadol, tramline, trammel

Origin of Tram

31300–50 for an earlier sense; 1670–80 for current sense; Middle English tram(m)e machination, contrivance < Old French traime weft, cunning contrivance < Latin trāma warp

Other words from Tram

tram·less , adjective

Word origin for Tram

C17: from French trame , from Latin trāma ; related to Latin trāns across, trāmes footpath

Synonyms for Tram

car, gondola, streetcar, cable car