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tramway

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tram·way  (trmw)
n.
1. A track or way for trams, as in a mine.
2. Chiefly British A streetcar line.
3. A cable or system of cables for a cable car.

tramway [ˈtræmˌweɪ]
n
1. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) another name for tramline [1]
2. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) Brit
a.  a public transportation system using trams
b.  the company owning or running such a system
3. (Transport / Railways) Also called (esp US) tramroad a small or temporary railway for moving freight along tracks, as in a quarry
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tramwaytramway - a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
transport, conveyance - something that serves as a means of transportation
2.tramwaytramway - the track on which trams or streetcars run
rails, runway, rail, track - a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
track - a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels
Translations
tramway [ˈtræmweɪ] N (Brit) → tranvía m

tramway [ˈtræmweɪ] ntramway m

tramway [ˈtræmweɪ] n (Brit) → tranvia
tramway [ˈtræmweɪ] n (Brit) → tranvia

tramway tram


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I could remember the elated feeling and the soul-gripping cold of those tramway journeys taken into town to put what in diplomatic language is called pressure upon the good Hudig, with his warm fire, his armchair, his big cigar, and the never-failing suggestion in his good-natured voice: "I suppose in the end it is you they will appoint captain before the ship sails?
Baxter took me to his links, quite ten miles off, where in a maze of tramway lines, railroads, and nursery-maids, we skelped our divotted way round nine holes like barges plunging through head seas.
 
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