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tramway

tramway

1 3.4
Rails in a street that trams travel on
  • noun
  • /ˈtræmˌweɪ/
  • UK
translation icon : tranvía
  • The tracks terminate at Iddo Terminal Station, from where a tramway once connected the mainland and the island (ibid., p. 214).

Examples

  • Forming the first eight chapters of book one, the text begins with memories of the many trains that populated his childhood, from toy trains to the tramways in the streets and the steam locomotives he saw at the station when visiting family in the industrial neighborhood of St-Henri.

    Academic text (2014)

  • The tramway, silent, shiny, and bright, would soon rise from this tangled mess.

    Blog text (2)

  • April 3: Fifteen youths are kicked off the tramway in the center of Grenoble.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Better than that, it was a major transportation hub as both Disneyland Paris railroad and the Main Street elevated tramway were supposed to share the same station.

    Blog text (8)

  • The court held that the agreement was not authorized and that the proposed tramway, chairlifts, ski trails, and other facilities would interfere with the natural state and appearance of the reservation.

    Academic text (1996)

  • The new tramway makes it easy to travel across the city.

  • Children enjoy taking rides on the tramway during the summer.

  • The tramway system in this town has been in operation since the 1920s.

Synonyms

rails
vstramway
3 1.0

Long steel bars that trains run on

is limited to tracks used specifically by trams and streetcars
streetcar track
vstramway
  • US
1 3.3

Rails in a city that trams run on

is the general term for the same set of rails
trolley line
vstramway
  • US
1 2.7

A route in a city with tracks where trams run

focuses on the physical set of rails rather than the whole route
tramline
vstramway
  • UK
1 3.7

A track that trams run on along city streets

covers rails for trams more generally, not only street-laid ones

Surface Forms

tramway singular
tramways plural

Morphology

tramway = tram + way (transparent) = tram + way

The sense is a literal compound 'tram' + 'way' meaning a route or tracks for trams, which is directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Tramway comes from the parts tram and way, where tram once meant a 'bar' or beam used on carts and rails and way means 'path' or 'road'. So a tramway is literally a 'path' for trams — the rails or tracks the tram runs on.