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streetcar — ► NOUN N. Amer. ▪ a tram … English terms dictionary
streetcar — ☆ streetcar [strēt′kär΄ ] n. a large coach or car on rails that provides public transportation along certain streets … English World dictionary
streetcar — n. (AE) 1) to drive, operate a streetcar 2) to go by streetcar; to ride a streetcar; to ride in a streetcar; to take a streetcar (BE has tram) * * * operate a streetcar to ride a streetcar to ride in a streetcar to take a streetcar (BE has tram)… … Combinatory dictionary
streetcar — /street kahr /, n. a public vehicle running regularly along certain streets, usually on rails, as a trolley car or trolley bus. [1860 65, Amer.; STREET + CAR1] * * * or trolley car Passenger carrying vehicle that runs on rails laid in city… … Universalium
streetcar — UK [ˈstriːtˌkɑː(r)] / US [ˈstrɪtˌkɑr] noun [countable] Word forms streetcar : singular streetcar plural streetcars American a tram 1) … English dictionary
streetcar — noun A tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car, but also attached together, operating on city streets. A trolley car. 1906 Tired as he felt at night, and dark and bitter cold as it was in the morning, Jurgis generally chose to walk; at… … Wiktionary
streetcar — [[t]stri͟ːtkɑː(r)[/t]] streetcars N COUNT A streetcar is an electric vehicle for carrying people which travels on rails in the streets of a town. [AM] (in BRIT, use tram) … English dictionary
Streetcar Railway Post Office — (RPO) routes operated in several major USA cities between the 1890s and 1920s. The final route was in Baltimore, Maryland. The Mobile Post Office Society, Affiliate 64 of the American Philatelic Society, has published monographs detailing the… … Wikipedia
Streetcar Named Desire — Streetcar Named Desire, A (1947) a play by Tennessee Williams, made into a film with Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh in 1951, about a beautiful woman who is becoming old and her violent younger ↑brother in law … Dictionary of contemporary English
Streetcar suburb — A streetcar suburb is a community whose growth and development was strongly shaped by the use of streetcar lines as a primary means of transportation. The earliest suburbs were served by horsecars, but by the late 1800s cable cars and electric… … Wikipedia
Streetcar (carsharing) — Infobox Company company name = Streetcar company company type = Corporation foundation = 2004 location = United Kingdom key people = Brett Akker, Andrew Valentine industry = Automotive products = revenue = operating income = net income = num… … Wikipedia
