Meaning

noun a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers

noun the track on which trams or streetcars run

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-? Proto-Indo-European *ter-? Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *térmn̥ Proto-Germanic *drum Middle Low German trame Low German traambor.? Scotsbor. English tram English way English tramway From tram + way.

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