"tramcar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tramcars [plural]
Etymology: tram + car Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tram|car}} tram + car Head templates: {{en-noun}} tramcar (plural tramcars)
  1. A streetcar.
    Sense id: en-tramcar-en-noun-QTarvkav
  2. A rail vehicle for carrying loads in a mine; a tram. Synonyms (mine vehicle): mine car, ore car Hypernyms (mine vehicle): rolling stock Translations (mine vehicle): вагонетка (vagonetka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kaivosvaunu (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-tramcar-en-noun-U4SDWX9g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of 'mine vehicle': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'mine vehicle': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'mine vehicle': 0 100

Inflected forms

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