Tramway

Word TRAMWAY
Character 7
Hyphenation tram way
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Tramway"

What do we mean by tramway?

A track or way for trams, as in a mine. noun

A streetcar line. noun

A cable or system of cables for a cable car. noun

A light or temporary railroad, as for the transportation of logs, often with wooden rails and operated by horse-power. noun

A gutter attached to a pool-table, dsigned to save time in gathering the dead or pocketed balls. It is now, in improved form, attached to the under side of tables used in other pocket games. noun

The earliest form of railroad. noun

Same as tramroad. noun

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 drawn by steam or electric locomotives. noun

The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs noun

The system of cables that supports a cable car noun

The track on which trams or streetcars run noun

A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers noun

The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs.

The system of cables that supports a cable car.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Tramway

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The word "tramway" in example sentences

I sat back down defiantly, picked up my blue pencil, and circled the word tramway. ❋ Jennifer Weiner (2005)

An elevated tramway is built from the town to Victoria Gap, 1,100 feet above the sea. ❋ Unknown (1890)

Beyond the tramway was a grove of yellow-looking firs; beyond the grove a range of white houses with blue roofs, occupied, I suppose, by miners and their families; and beyond these ❋ Unknown (2004)

The tramway was a cable which stretched from a wooden tower set upon a stone pillar jutting from the sea to a similar tower built upon the land. ❋ Unknown (1918)

It was a very long line, compared to any railway that had yet been constructed; but it was still only to be worked by horse-power -- to be, in fact, what we now call a tramway, rather than a railway in the modern sense. ❋ Grant Allen (1873)

Although Armenian authorities said that they will apply to Guinness World Records to officially confirm that the tramway is the world's longest, they say it was primarily built for practical use. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ridership on public transit, spearheaded by a reinvention of the 'tramway' (streetcar or LRT), did a complete U-Turn. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Anti-Chinese sentiment festered during the Mexican Revolution and in early 1911 the Madero forces followed the tramway line into the city ❋ Unknown (2010)

Once upon a time Lerdo had a tramway (streetcar) system that connected it to Gómez Palacio and Torreón. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Here is the story of that tramway with lots of old pictures. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Abruzzo worked as part of a prominent family business in Albuquerque that is involved in real estate and operations of the Sandia Peak tramway, Sandia Ski Area and Ski Santa Fe. ❋ AP (2010)

And so I take the aerial tramway down the north side, the cable car floating like a sun-filled bubble into dense cloud to the station of Fräkmüntegg, developed as a sort of mid-mountain adventure theme park. ❋ Richard Bangs (2011)

And so I take the aerial tramway down the north side, the cable car floating like a sun-filled bubble into dense cloud to the station of Fräkmüntegg, developed as a sort of mid-mountain adventure theme park. ❋ Richard Bangs (2011)

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