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1 N‑COUNT A trolley is an object with wheels that you use to transport heavy things such as shopping or luggage. [BRIT ] □  A porter relieved her of the three large cases she had been pushing on a trolley. □  …supermarket trolleys. in AM, use cart 2 N‑COUNT A trolley is a small table on wheels which is used for serving drinks or food. [BRIT ] in AM, use cart 3 N‑COUNT A trolley is a bed on wheels for moving patients in hospital. [BRIT ] in AM, use gurney 4 N‑COUNT A trolley or trolley car is an electric vehicle for carrying people which travels on rails in the streets of a town. [AM ] □  He took a northbound trolley on State Street. in BRIT, use tram

5 PHRASE If you say that someone is off their trolley , you mean that their ideas or behaviour are very strange. [BRIT , INFORMAL ]

tro l|ley bus (trolley buses ) N‑COUNT [oft by N ] A trolley bus is a bus that is driven by electric power taken from cables above the street.

trom|bone /trɒmboʊ n/ (trombones ) N‑VAR A trombone is a large musical instrument of the brass family. It consists of two long oval tubes, one of which can be pushed backwards and forwards to play different notes.

trom|bon|ist /trɒmboʊ n I st/ (trombonists ) N‑COUNT A trombonist is someone who plays the trombone.

trompe l'oeil /trɒ mp lɔ I / (trompe l'oeils )

1 N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Trompe l'oeil is a technique used in art in which objects are painted their normal size in a very realistic way, to make people think that the objects are solid and real. □  …a trompe l'oeil painting.

2 N‑COUNT A trompe l'oeil is a trompe l'oeil painting.

troop ◆◆◇ /truː p/ (troops , trooping , trooped )

1 N‑PLURAL Troops are soldiers, especially when they are in a large organized group doing a particular task. □  The operation will involve more than 35,000 troops from a dozen countries.

2 N‑COUNT [with sing or pl verb] A troop is a group of soldiers within a cavalry or armoured regiment. □ [+ of ] …a troop of enemy cavalry trotting towards the Dutch right flank.

3 N‑COUNT A troop of people or animals is a group of them. □ [+ of ] Amy was aware of the little troop of travellers watching the two of them.

4 VERB If people troop somewhere, they walk there in a group, often in a sad or tired way. [INFORMAL ] □ [V adv/prep] They all trooped back to the house for a rest.

troop|er /truː pə ^r / (troopers )

1 N‑COUNT ; N‑TITLE A trooper is a soldier of low rank in the cavalry or in an armoured regiment in the army. □  …a trooper from the 7th Cavalry.

2 N‑COUNT In the United States, a trooper is a police officer in a state police force. □  Once long ago, he had considered becoming a state trooper.

3 → see also storm trooper

troop|ship /truː pʃ I p/ (troopships ) also troop ship N‑COUNT A troopship is a ship on which large numbers of soldiers are taken from one place to another.

tro|phy /troʊ fi/ (trophies )

1 N‑COUNT A trophy is a prize, for example a silver cup, that is given to the winner of a competition or race.

2 N‑COUNT Trophy is used in the names of some competitions and races in which the winner receives a trophy. □  He finished third in the Tote Gold Trophy.

3 N‑COUNT A trophy is something that you keep in order to show that you have done something very difficult. □ [+ of ] His office was lined with animal heads, trophies of his hunting hobby.

tropi|cal /trɒ p I k ^ə l/

1 ADJ [ADJ n] Tropical means belonging to or typical of the tropics. □  …tropical diseases. □  …a plan to preserve the world's tropical forests.

2 ADJ Tropical weather is hot and damp weather that people believe to be typical of the tropics.

Trop|ic of Can|cer /trɒ p I k əv kæ nsə ^r / N‑PROPER The Tropic of Cancer is an imaginary line around the Earth 23° 26′ north of the equator.

Trop|ic of Cap|ri|corn /trɒ p I k əv kæ pr I kɔː ^r n/ N‑PROPER The Tropic of Capricorn is an imaginary line around the Earth 23° 26′ south of the equator.