trolley

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: trol=ley

CIDE DICTIONARY

trolley, n. 

 A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

trolley, n. (pl. -eys)
1 esp. Brit. a table, stand, or basket on wheels or castors for serving food, transporting luggage or shopping, gathering purchases in a supermarket, etc.
2 esp. Brit. a low truck running on rails.
3 (in full trolley-wheel) a wheel attached to a pole etc. used for collecting current from an overhead electric wire to drive a vehicle.
4 a US = trolley-car. b Brit. = trolley bus.

Idiom

trolley bus Brit. an electric bus running on the road and using a trolley-wheel. trolley-car US an electric tram using a trolley-wheel.

Etymology

of dial. orig., perh. f. TROLL(2)

ROGET THESAURUS

trolley

Journey

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