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tramway

tramway noun: the track on which a tram (streetcar) runs.

tramway: the track on which a tram (streetcar) runs
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Noun

tramway (plural tramways)

  1. (Ireland, UK) The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs.
  2. (US) The system of cables that supports a cable car.
  3. (formal, Victoria) A lane of a road or street, in which tram tracks are embedded, that is (in normal circumstances) for the exclusive use of trams and public buses.

Examples of tramway in a sentence

  • The tramway along the Belgian North Sea coast is mostly reserved track.
  • "Like many other large resorts, the town operated electric tramways, with open-topped cars.
  • A pointsman's back straightened itself upright suddenly against a tramway standard by Mr Bloom's window.

All 13 example sentences with tramway

Forms of tramway

pluraltramways

Plural of tramway: tramways

Origin of tramway

From tram + way.

Words formed from tramway

Questions about tramway

What does tramway mean?
Tramway means the track on which a tram (streetcar) runs.
What part of speech is tramway?
Tramway is a noun.
What is the plural of tramway?
The plural of tramway is tramways.

Words near tramway in the dictionary

  1. tramshed
  2. tramsheds
  3. tramstop
  4. tramstops
  5. tramtrack
  6. tramway
  7. tramwayman
  8. tramwaymen
  9. tramways
  10. tramyard
  11. tramyards

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