trolley wheel
1trolley wheel — noun A grooved wheel by which a bus, tramcar, etc receives current from an overhead wire • • • Main Entry: ↑trolley …
2trolley — ► NOUN (pl. trolleys) 1) Brit. a large wheeled metal basket or frame used for transporting heavy or unwieldy items such as luggage or supermarket purchases. 2) a small table on wheels or castors, used especially to convey food and drink. 3) (also …
3Trolley pole — For the weapon, see Trolley pole (weapon). . [cite web| url=http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Civil and Environmental Engineering/1 012Spring2002/Readings/detail/green line project.htm| title=Boston Transit Milestones| author=Dr. Romin Koebel| work=MIT… …
4trolley — 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… …
5trolley — noun (plural trolleys) 1》 Brit. a large wheeled metal basket or frame used for transporting items such as luggage or supermarket purchases. ↘a small table on wheels or castors, used especially to convey food and drink. 2》 (also trolley wheel) …
6trolley car — noun US a tram powered by electricity obtained from overhead wires by means of a trolley wheel …
7trolley — [trä′lē] n. pl. trolleys [< East Anglian dial. < TROLL1] 1. a wheeled carriage, basket, etc. that runs suspended from an overhead track ☆ 2. an apparatus, as a grooved wheel at the end of a pole, for transmitting electric current from an… …
8wheel — [n] circle, revolution caster, circuit, circulation, circumvolution, cycle, disk, drum, gyration, gyre, hoop, pivot, pulley, ratchet, ring, roll, roller, rotation, round, spin, trolley, turn, twirl, whirl; concepts 436,464,502 wheel [v] turn,… …
9trolley — noun 1 (BrE) small vehicle ⇨ See also ↑cart ADJECTIVE ▪ laden, loaded ▪ The waiter was pushing a laden sweet trolley towards our table. ▪ drinks, tea ▪ …
10Trolley park — In the United States, trolley parks, which started in the 19th century, were picnic and recreation areas along or at the ends of streetcar lines in most of the larger cities. These were precursors to amusement parks. These trolley parks were… …