tram

English

/tɹam/, /tɹæm/

noun
Definitions
  • (Australia) 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) A people mover.
  • (US) An aerial cable car.
  • (US) A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.
  • (British English) 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.

Etymology

Derived from Low German traam (tram, shaft of a barrow) derived from Middle Dutch trame (beam, narrow shaft) derived from Proto-Germanic *drum (splinter, fragment) derived from Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ (boundary, peg, post, end).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*térmn̥

Gloss

boundary, peg, post, end

Concept
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Social and political relations

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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