cable tramway
- noun
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teleférico
- Tourists took the cable tramway to enjoy panoramic views of the landscape below.
Examples
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The city built a cable tramway across the valley to connect the two mountain towns.
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Repairs to the cable tramway caused delays for regular commuters.
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The cable tramway offers stunning views of the mountains.
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Many tourists prefer the cable tramway to see the city.
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The city built a cable tramway across the valley to connect the two mountain towns.
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Tourists took the cable tramway to enjoy panoramic views of the landscape below.
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Repairs to the cable tramway caused delays for regular commuters.
Synonyms
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A system that carries people or goods in cars hanging from cables
A way of carrying people in cabins that hang from cables above the ground
A system that carries people or goods in cars hanging from cables over rough land
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'cable' (strong wire/rope) with 'tramway' (a carrier system for people or goods) — a tramway that uses cables. This noun–noun compounding follows a regular compositional pattern (cf. 'cable car') and would be predictable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
The noun cable tramway comes from the simple picture of small cabins or cars that hang from a moving cable and travel along a tramway held up by tall towers. That's why the name means 'a system for carrying people or goods along a cable', often across valleys or between towns.