Doubles vs Tramline - What's the difference?
doubles | tramline |
English plurals
(sports, plurale tantum) a game between pairs of players
(campanology, plurale tantum) bell changes rung on five bells
A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.
(double)
The rails that a tram runs on
(tennis, British) Either of the two pairs of sidelines marked on a tennis court which mark the outside of the singles and doubles playing areas
A scratch on a film, usually vertical, that extends through multiple frames
* 1984 , Movie Maker , Volume 18, Issue 2, page 47:
As nouns the difference between doubles and tramline
is that doubles is while tramline is the rails that a tram runs on.As a verb doubles
is (double).doubles
English
Noun
(head)- Seeing as we've got four people, let's play doubles .
- A quarter peal of plain bob doubles was rung.
Derived terms
* mixed doublesVerb
(head)- The population doubles every ten minutes.
Anagrams
* ----tramline
English
Noun
(en noun)- The tramline is therefore much less obvious on the screen. Also, if the scratch is on the base (i.e., on the back of the film), then it will not be in sharp focus.