"tramway" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tramways [plural]
Etymology: tram + way Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tram|way}} tram + way Head templates: {{en-noun}} tramway (plural tramways)
  1. The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs. Translations (track on which trams run): sporvej [common-gender] (Danish), tramspoor [neuter] (Dutch), tramveturilo (Esperanto), raitiotie (Finnish), ტრამვაის ლიანდაგი (ṭramvais liandagi) (Georgian), ტრამვაის ხაზი (ṭramvais xazi) (Georgian), ტრამვაის რელსები (ṭramvais relsebi) (Georgian), Trambahn (German), trambhealach [masculine] (Irish), тра́мвајска ли́нија (trámvajska línija) [feminine] (Macedonian), sporvei [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sporveg [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sporveg [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), spårväg [masculine] (Swedish), spårvagnsräls [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tramway-en-noun-BmbZSig5 Disambiguation of 'track on which trams run': 71 9 20
  2. The system of cables that supports a cable car. Categories (topical): Rail transportation
    Sense id: en-tramway-en-noun-0mwiFJgN Disambiguation of Rail transportation: 26 58 17
  3. (Victoria, formal) A lane of a road or street, in which tram tracks are embedded, that is (in normal circumstances) for the exclusive use of trams and public buses. Tags: formal
    Sense id: en-tramway-en-noun-wHT636BK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 15 59 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 14 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aerial tramway, cable tramway

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "71 9 20",
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      "sense": "track on which trams run",
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      "sense": "track on which trams run",
      "word": "ტრამვაის ლიანდაგი"
    },
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "track on which trams run",
      "word": "ტრამვაის ხაზი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "track on which trams run",
      "word": "ტრამვაის რელსები"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "track on which trams run",
      "word": "Trambahn"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "track on which trams run",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "track on which trams run",
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      "code": "sv",
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