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
Examples of tram in a Sentence
Noun
Take the tram to the departure terminal.
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Visitors will take Universal’s trams down to the back lot, where they will be invited to exit into the Courthouse Square set where the 1985 movie was filmed.
—Robert Niles, Orange County Register, 4 Feb. 2025
Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
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Noun
Nowadays Lisbon is experiencing something of a Renaissance with more than four million visitors annually attracted by the city’s eclectic mix of Roman, Islamic and European cultures as well as its historic ruins, trams, fado music, pasteis de nata and famous azulejos tiles.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Visitors will take Universal’s trams down to the back lot, where they will be invited to exit into the Courthouse Square set where the 1985 movie was filmed.
—Robert Niles, Orange County Register, 4 Feb. 2025
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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“Tram.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tram. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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