streetcar
Meanings
Plural: streetcars
Noun
- a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity
- A tram or light rail vehicle, usually a single car, but also attached together, operating on city streets. A trolley car.
Origin / Etymology
From street + car; this compound noun was formed in an era when motorcars didn't yet exist, and it emphasized a type of car on rails that were in the street (along with foot traffic, wagons, and carriages) rather than on a separate, dedicated railroad, as a (so-named) railcar is.
Scrabble Score: 11
streetcar is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordstreetcar is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
streetcar is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
streetcar is a valid Words With Friends word