tramrail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An overhead rail forming a track on which a trolley runs to convey a load, as in a shop.
  2. A street railway laid in the streets of a town or city, or an interurban railway for local traffic, on which cable cars, or trolley cars, etc., are used, in distinction from an extended railway line for trains.
  3. A grooved rail (one of at least two) laid in a street for trams to run on. Ordinary rails are used on off-street (reserved track) sections of tramways.

Word forms

tramrail tramrails tram rail

Etymology

From tram + rail.

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