noun
tram
TRAM/træm/
A vehicle that runs on rails to carry passengers or materials.
The tram carries passengers along the rails through the park.
Etymology
The probable ancestor meant a beam or barrow handle, but the later development is poorly documented. Uses for mining wagons and rail tracks preceded the street-vehicle sense, shortened from tram-car.
In context
you're going to end up going on a tram throughout the city and have a massive shootout along the way
More examples
- We board the tram at the next stop.
- Workers load ore into a tram inside the mine.
- Two trams pass each other on separate tracks.
Forms
tram · trams
Similar words
- streetcar
- Usually names a passenger rail vehicle running on city streets.
- trolley
- Often refers to a streetcar powered by overhead wires.