Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tramrail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tram-rail
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An overhead rail forming a track on which a trolley runs to convey a load, as in a shop.

noun

A street railway laid in the streets of a town or city, or an interurban railway for local traffic, on which cable cars, or trolley cars, etc., are used, in distinction from an extended railway line for trains.

noun

A grooved rail (one of at least two) laid in a street for trams to run on. Ordinary rails are used on off-street (reserved track) sections of tramways.

Example Sentences

"The line from Nyon to La Cure (17½ miles) was opened in 1916, and is on independent track throughout, leaving the road immediately after passing under the Swiss Federal line from Lausanne to Geneva, where grooved tramrails with tie-bars give place to steel-sleepered track."

Etymology

From tram + rail.

Inflected Forms

tramrails (plural) tram rail (alternative)

Questions

What does tramrail mean?: An overhead rail forming a track on which a trolley runs to convey a load, as in a shop.
Where does tramrail come from?: From tram + rail.

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