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tram

[tram]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

British.��a streetcar.
a tramway; tramroad.
Also called tramcar.��a truck or car on rails for carrying loads in a mine.
the vehicle or cage of an overhead carrier.

verb (used with or without object)

trammed, tramming

to convey or travel by tram.

tram

[tram]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

trammel.

verb (used with object)

trammed, tramming

Machinery.��to adjust (something) correctly.

tram

[tram]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

silk that has been slightly or loosely twisted, used weftwise in weaving silk fabrics.

tram

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noun

Also called: tramcar.��US and Canadian names: streetcar.�� trolley car.��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
a small vehicle on rails for carrying loads in a mine; tub

tram

/ �ٰ�æ�� /

noun

machinery a fine adjustment that ensures correct function or alignment

verb

(tr) to adjust (a mechanism) to a fine degree of accuracy

tram

/ �ٰ�æ�� /

noun

(in weaving) a weft yarn of two or more twisted strands of silk

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Other Word Forms

tramless adjective
ˈ�ٰ�� adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tram¹

First recorded in 1490–1500; Middle English tram, tram(me) “mechanical device, astronomical instrument, siege tower”); 1820–30 tram ¹ for def. 2; originally shafts of a barrow or cart, rails for carts (in mines); perhaps from Middle Dutch trame “b�𲹳�”

Origin of tram²

First recorded in 1880–85; short for trammel

Origin of tram³

First recorded in 1670–80; from French trame “woof, weft, tram,” from Latin �ٰ��峾�� “warp,” from trahere “to draw, drag”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tram¹

C16 (in the sense: shaft of a cart): probably from Low German traam beam; compare Old Norse �ٳ��ö�� , Middle Dutch traem beam, tooth of a rake

Origin of tram²

C19: short for _trammel

Origin of tram³

C17: from French trame , from Latin �ٰ��峾�� ; related to Latin �ٰ��Բ� across, �ٰ��峾�� footpath

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And now I walk around the Warner Bros. lot and it’s just a single tram full of tourists and no one else.

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It will also put money towards building and improving tram networks in Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and the Midlands.

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And on Wednesday, the chancellor unveiled a £15.6bn package to fund extensions to trams, trains and buses in Greater Manchester, the Midlands and the North East.

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Leeds lost its sprawling tram network in 1959 but, just 15 years earlier, civic planners had been contemplating tunnelling beneath the city centre to create an underground system.

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The £15.6bn package will be spent on tram, train and bus projects in mayoral authorities across the Midlands, the North and the West Country.

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TRALI trama

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