streetcar
[ street-kahr ]
/ ˈstritˌkɑr /
noun
a public vehicle running regularly along certain streets, usually on rails, as a trolley car or trolley bus.
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streetcar
/ (ˈstriːtˌkɑː) /
noun
US and Canadian an electrically driven public transport vehicle that runs on rails let into the surface of the road, power usually being taken from an overhead wireAlso called: trolley car, (esp Brit) tram, tramcar
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