Dictionary Definition
tramway
Noun
1 a conveyance that transports passengers or
freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series
of towers [syn: tram,
aerial
tramway, cable
tramway, ropeway]
2 the track on which trams or streetcars run
[syn: tramline,
streetcar
track]
User Contributed Dictionary
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- /tʁa.mwɛ/|lang=fr
Noun
fr-noun m- tram (passenger vehicle)
Extensive Definition
Tramway may refer to:
- Tramway (industrial), a lightly laid railway for uses such as logging or mining (the original use of the word)
- A system of trams (public transport vehicles running on rails)
- Aerial tramway
- Tramway, North Carolina (locality in the United States)
- Tramway (arts centre) (centre for visual and performing arts in Glasgow, United Kingdom)