Synonyms for tram

Grammar : Noun

Spell : tram

Phonetic Transcription : træm

Définition of tram

Origin : c.1500, "beam or shaft of a barrow or sledge," also "a barrow or truck body" (1510s), Scottish, originally in reference to the iron trucks used in coal mines, probably from Middle Flemish tram "beam, handle of a barrow, bar, rung," a North Sea Germanic word of unknown origin. The sense of "track for a barrow, tramway" is first recorded 1826; that of "streetcar" is first recorded 1860. Tram-car is attested from 1873.

noun trolley

Example sentences :

She waved her hand to him as the tram drove off, and he waved his in reply.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

There was the tram line, if m'sieur did not care to take a fiacre.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

I'll get it before we start home and I can be reading it over all the time on the tram.
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

Afterwards I took the tram to Posilipo and came home by boat.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

The tram was already gliding away at some distance down the road.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

I meant to go to the village, and walk up and take the tram.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

I waited for a second tram, but that was still more crowded.
Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine

A big electric sweeper was struggling to keep the tram lines clear.
Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton

They took the tram out of the city and struck into the country.
Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome

The driver of the tram, seeing Mary in its path, put on the brakes sharply.
Extract from : « Mary Gray » by Katharine Tynan

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