noun

tram

noun

A passenger vehicle that runs on tracks laid into a city street.

"We took the tram into the city centre."

"The tram stops right outside the museum."

verb

To travel by tram.

"They trammed across town to save on parking."

How to Use Tram

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA streetcar that runs on rails through city streets (called a "streetcar" or "trolley" in North America).

UK vs US

British English "tram" corresponds to American English "streetcar" or "trolley."

Common pairings

catch a tram tram stop tram line

Word Forms

trammed past tense, trammed past tense, trams plural, trams plural, trams singular, trams singular

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Etymology

From Scots, probably from Low German traam ("shaft, beam"); the rail-vehicle sense grew out of "tramway," originally a log-covered road later used for horse-drawn coal carts called trams.

Rhymes for tram

ram gram dram cram pram Bram Aram scram abram Avram Hiram haram

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