TRAMWAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tramway mean? 

• TRAMWAY (noun)
  The noun TRAMWAY has 2 senses:

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

2. the track on which trams or streetcars run

  Familiarity information: TRAMWAY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRAMWAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

aerial tramway; cable tramway; ropeway; tram; tramway

Hypernyms ("tramway" is a kind of...):

conveyance; transport (something that serves as a means of transportation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The track on which trams or streetcars run

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

streetcar track; tramline; tramway

Hypernyms ("tramway" is a kind of...):

track (a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels)

Meronyms (parts of "tramway"):

rail; rails; runway; track (a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll)