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Tramway

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Noun

1. aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, tram, tramway

a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers

2. streetcar track, tramline, tramway

the track on which trams or streetcars run

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Tramway

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noun
1.  another name for tramline (sense 1)
2. British
a. 
a public transportation system using trams
b. 
the company owning or running such a system
3. Also called (esp US): tramroad
a small or temporary railway for moving freight along tracks, as in a quarry

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Tramway

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noun
1. 
tramroad
2.  British
a streetcar line; tramline
3.  US
a system in which carriers or cars are supported by overhead cables

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Tramway

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n.
1. A track or way for trams, as in a mine.
2. Chiefly British A streetcar line.
3. A cable or system of cables for a cable car.

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