tram

1 of 2

noun

1
: any of various vehicles: such as
a
: a carrier that travels on an overhead cable or rails
b
chiefly British : streetcar
c
: a boxlike wagon running on rails (as in a mine)
2
trams plural, chiefly British : a streetcar line

tram

2 of 2

verb

trammed; tramming

transitive verb

: to haul in a tram or over a tramway

Examples of tram in a Sentence

Noun Take the tram to the departure terminal.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Their large families gather on the Sabbath to stroll amid closed shops and quieted tram lines. Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024 At the end of the tram tour, people walk a short distance back to see a gator hangout that King pointed out or walk along the Bobcat Boardwalk or a trail through a hammock near the Visitors Center. Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 The nine rooms overlook the villa’s garden, which is surprisingly large given its location only a few tram stops away from the city center. Noele Illien, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024 Beckmann renders the physical and psychical trauma in drawings and works on paper made in the years just after the war: A disfigured soldier rides a tram with a bandage wrapped across his face, probably hiding the vacuity that was once his nose. Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023 All public transport in the city — trams and buses — was suspended. Bradford Betz, Fox News, 23 Nov. 2023 The Mediterranean color scheme creeps into urban life as well, with Lisbon’s sunny yellow trams winding through the streets, and its buildings covered in sea-green and sky-blue azulejos. Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2024 Paved pathways and a free tram tour provide easy access to the beauty of Fairchild’s sprawling gardens, which include a 2-acre outdoor tropical rainforest and several collections of tropical plants. Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024 The location is just a short walk to the resort’s lifts, gondolas, and aerial tram, and every amenity of the luxury hotel is tailor-made for ski season. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2023
Verb
Suspecting foul play, the woman trams up with a manipulative hacker and cybersecurity expert to try to dig deeper. Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

English dialect, shaft of a wheelbarrow, probably from Low German traam, literally, beam

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1517, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1874, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tram was circa 1517

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Cite this Entry

“Tram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tram. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

tram

noun
ˈtram
1
: a cart or wagon running on rails (as in a mine)
2
chiefly British : streetcar
3
: an overhead cable car
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