tipper vs tram

tipper

noun
  • A goods vehicle with a tippable body, used for carrying loose materials such as gravel or rubble; a tipper truck or lorry. 

  • A cutting tool used to cut off or trim the horns of stock animals; a horn tipper. 

  • A kind of ale brewed with brackish water obtained from a particular well. 

  • A device for loading goods such as coal by tipping them. 

  • A small moustache. 

  • Someone who tips; someone who gives a gratuity. 

  • A person who tips or discharges a load, or dumps waste (especially illegally with the latter). 

  • One who gives private hints about racing or financial speculation, etc.; a tipster. 

tram

noun
  • A similar vehicle for carrying materials. 

  • An aerial cable car. 

  • A train with wheels that runs on a road; a trackless train. 

  • A people mover. 

  • A car on a horse railway or tramway (horse trams preceded electric trams). 

  • A silk thread formed of two or more threads twisted together, used especially for the weft, or cross threads, of the best quality of velvets and silk goods. 

  • A passenger vehicle for public use that runs on tracks in the road (called a streetcar or trolley in North America). 

verb
  • To weave in this manner. 

  • To transport (material) by tram. 

  • To travel by tram. 

  • To operate, or conduct the business of, a tramway. 

  • To align a component in mechanical engineering or metalworking, particularly the head of a drill press. 

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