tramway

A noun referring to a system of transportation that uses cables and towers to move suspended carriers, or the track on which trams or streetcars operate.

• 🇵🇹Substantivo que designa um sistema de transporte que utiliza cabos e apoios para mover cabines suspensas, ou a via férrea pela qual circulam os bondes.

1. Cable car system B2 formal

   A transportation system that moves passengers or goods in vehicles suspended from cables, supported by towers.

   • The mountain tramway carried tourists to the summit.
   • They used a tramway to transport timber across the valley.
   • The aerial tramway offers spectacular views of the city.

   🇵🇹Teleférico

   Sinônimos: aerial tramwaycable carropeway

2. Streetcar track B1 formal british

   The rails or track on which trams or streetcars run.

   • The tramway runs along the main street of the city.
   • Workers are repairing the old tramway tracks.
   • The tramway system was modernized last year.

   🇵🇹Trilho de bonde

   Sinônimos: streetcar tracktramline

• tramways plural form
• tramways' possessive plural form
• tramway's possessive singular form