Webster's English Dictionary

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tram

1. tram \'tram\ n [F trame weft, tram] : a loosely twisted silk yarn usu. 
   used for the weft of a fabric 
2. tram n [E dial., shaft of a wheelbarrow, prob. fr. LG traam, lit., beam] 
   1: any of various vehicles : as  1a: a boxlike wagon running on a railway 
   (as in a mine)  chiefly Brit  1b: STREETCAR  1c: a carrier that travels on 
   an overhead cable or rails  pl, chiefly Brit  2a: a streetcar line  2b: 
   TRAMROAD 
3. tram vt or trammed;  or tram.ming : to haul in a tram or over a tramway