Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
An electric-run cable car used for transportation, along overhead wires.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A system of transportation using telphers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To transport with a telpher.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
one of the conveyances (or cars) in a telpherage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: telfer
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Broader terms: conveyance, transport
History
From tele- + Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō).
