tram

1 a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers [syn: tramway, aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway]

2 a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine; "a tramcar carries coal out of a coal mine" [syn: tramcar]

3 a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity; "`tram' and `tramcar' are British terms" [syn: streetcar, tramcar, trolley, trolley car] [also: tramming, trammed]tramming See tram