streetcar

[ street-kahr ]
/ ˈstritˌkɑr /

noun

a public vehicle running regularly along certain streets, usually on rails, as a trolley car or trolley bus.

Origin of streetcar

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; street + car1

Words nearby streetcar

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British Dictionary definitions for street-car

streetcar
/ (ˈstriːtˌkɑː) /

noun

US and Canadian an electrically driven public transport vehicle that runs on rails let into the surface of the road, power usually being taken from an overhead wire Also called: trolley car, (esp Brit) tram, tramcar