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.
noun
The rails that a tram runs on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Either of the two pairs of sidelines marked on a tennis court which mark the outside of the singles and doubles playing areas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A scratch on a film, usually vertical, that extends through multiple frames.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A mark or bruise having the shape of two parallel lines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Synonyms: tram track
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A pair of vertical bars (||) placed to the left of the headword in certain editions of the OED to indicate that the term is "alien or not fully naturalized" (such as a recent borrowing).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Oxford English Dictionary jargon
Topics: human-sciences, lexicography, linguistics, sciences
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verb
Of a vehicle: to tend to follow the contours of the ground with its wheels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: road, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: nibble
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the track on which trams or streetcars run
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: tramway, streetcar track
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: track
History
From tram + line.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
