Home › Words › T › tramcartramcartramcar · noun — A streetcar.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom tram + car.nounA streetcar.e.g.“A style guide of the 1930s for journalists on the Daily Express tried to bring trams upmarket by insisting they be called 'tramcars'.” — 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 149:A rail vehicle for carrying loads in a mine; a tram.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.tramway 69% match — The track on which a tram (streetcar) runs. vs tramcar →railcar 63% match — A self-propelled railway vehicle for passengers, similar to a bus. vs tramcar →tramrail 63% match — An overhead rail forming a track on which a trolley runs to convey a load, as in a shop. vs tramcar →birney 62% match — A design of smaller streetcar with a single four-wheel truck produced in North America between 1915 and 1930, and apparently named after Charles Birney. vs tramcar →tramshed 62% match — a building where trams are housed; a tram depot. vs tramcar →carbarn 62% match — A building housing a streetcar when it is not in use. vs tramcar →wagonway 61% match — A railway designed for use by trams or wagons. vs tramcar →airtram 60% match — An aerial tram (type of passenger vehicle). vs tramcar →