Definition of Tram

Noun: tram tram

[Brit] A wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
- streetcar [N. Amer], tramcar [Brit], trolley [US], trolley car [N. Amer]
A four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine
"a tram carries coal out of a coal mine";
- tramcar [Brit], streetcar [N. Amer]
[N. Amer] A conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers
- tramway, aerial tramway [N. Amer], cable tramway [N. Amer], ropeway, cableway

Verb: tram (trammed,tramming) tram