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Definitions for Tramcar

[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 Tramcar

, streetcar, gondola

Words nearby Tramcar

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

Origin of Tramcar

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 Tramcar

tram·less , adjective

Word origin for Tramcar

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

Synonyms for Tramcar

trolley, grip car, streetcar, tram, trolley bus