tramline
Americannoun
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a streetcar system.
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a streetcar route or track.
noun
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Also called: tramway. (often plural) the tracks on which a tram runs
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the route taken by a tram
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(often plural) the outer markings along the sides of a tennis or badminton court
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(plural) a set of guiding principles
Etymology
Origin of tramline
Example Sentences
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Mills went for a quicker ball next. which was missed by Clark and his fourth was a slower ball right onto the tramline outside off stump.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
Then there is a massive shootout while Six is handcuffed to a bench, and an exciting, extended chase scene on a tramline that may be the film's pièce de résistance.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2022
Pisgat Ze’ev is the last stop on the Jerusalem tramline, Beit Hanina the second-to-last.
From The New Yorker ● May 27, 2017
“The tramline is now submerged in the concrete jungle of the city,” said the Hong Kong artist Kingsley Ng, who sees the trams as a kind of time capsule of local history.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2017
—I can't make out why the corporation doesn't run a tramline from the parkgate to the quays, Mr Bloom said.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
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