street car

English - Turkish

Definition of street car in English Turkish dictionary

{i} tramvay

Burada tramvaydan iniyorum. - I get off the streetcar here.

Berlin'de tramvaylar var. - There are streetcars in Berlin.

English - English

Definition of street car in English English dictionary
streetcar: A streetcar is an electric vehicle for carrying people which travels on rails in the streets of a town. a type of bus that runs on electricity along metal tracks in the road British Equivalent: tram. or trolley car Passenger-carrying vehicle that runs on rails laid in city streets. Streetcars in the 1830s were pulled by horses. Electric motors later supplied the power, with electricity transmitted by a trolley from overhead electric lines. From the 1890s to the 1940s, streetcars were widely used in cities around the world; they were gradually replaced by the automobile, the bus, and the subway, and by the 1950s few remained. A variant, the cable car, invented in 1873 for use on San Francisco's steep hills, is drawn by a continuous cable set in a slot between the tracks
streetcar: a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity; "`tram' and `tramcar' are British terms
streetcar: A tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car, but also attached together, operating on city streets. A trolley car
streetcar: {i} passenger car which is propelled by electricity and runs on rails along a regular route