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How to pronounce “tram”

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Pronunciation guide for tram

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of tram with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Santa Monica Pier: A Century on the Last Great Pleasure PierAlready, there was an electric tram that ran up and down Santa Monica Beach, and some of
Definition summary: (Australia, British, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).

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Santa Monica Pier: A Century on the Last Great Pleasure Pier

Already, there was an electric tram that ran up and down Santa Monica Beach, and some of

[Noun]
(Australia, British, rail transport) A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America).
A similar vehicle for carrying materials.
(US, rail transport) A people mover.
(US) An aerial cable car.
(US) A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train.
(British, historical) A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams).
(obsolete) The shaft of a cart.
(obsolete) One of the rails of a tramway.
[Verb]
(intransitive) To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway.
(intransitive) To travel by tram.
(transitive) To transport (material) by tram.
(US, transitive) To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the spindle of a mill or drill press, as historically accomplished using a trammel.