Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Hong Kong, Ireland, UK)The part of a road that carries traffic.

    Fahrbahn, Fahrstreifen

    прое́зжая частьprojézžaja častʹ

    проїзна́ части́наprojizná častýna, прої́жджа части́наprojíždža častýna

  2. (Hong Kong, Ireland, UK)One side of a dual carriageway that carries traffic in a single direction.

More definitions
  • one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes

Examples

7 sentences
  1. The carriageway was reduced to one lane.

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  2. Overtaking is simpler on a dual carriageway.

  3. There's a dead animal on the carriageway.

    deEin totes Tier liegt auf der Fahrbahn. — raggione

  4. A lorry has jackknifed on the dual carriageway.

    deEin Lastwagen hat sich auf der zweispurigen Fahrbahn quergestellt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. This carriageway is broken up into three lanes.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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part of a road that carries traffic:
Русский
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part of a road that carries traffic:
Deutsch
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part of a road that carries traffic:

Origin

From carriage + way.

From carriage + way.

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Forms

plural: carriageways
Singularcarriageway
Pluralcarriageways

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
one side of a dual carriageway:directionA2sideA1lanes
part of a road that carries traffic:roadway

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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