English Explanatory Dictionary

tramway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs.
  2. The system of cables that supports a cable car.
  3. A lane of a road or street, in which tram tracks are embedded, that is (in normal circumstances) for the exclusive use of trams and public buses.

Word forms

tramway tramways

Etymology

Etymology 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.

Derived words

aerial tramway cable tramway
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