carriage
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4.7
- noun
- /ˈkɛrɪdʒ/
:
carruaje
- During the summer, tourists enjoy taking a carriage ride through the scenic streets of the historic district.
- horse-drawn carriage
- a carriage ride
- drive a carriage
He wasn't content just to be a carriage driver.
- He wasn't content just to be a carriage driver.
- There was a bill before the City Council to ban horse carriages.
- Oh my gosh, it's like a Cinderella pumpkin carriage.
- And where I landed was, we are going from the horse and the horse drawn carriage to the car.
- A dead man passed us in a horse heaped with blooms, followed by two carriages with drawn blinds, and by more cheerful carriages for friends.
Examples
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My carriage was stolen as we were preparing to leave.
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The bride arrived at the church in a beautifully decorated carriage pulled by white horses.
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But she was so afraid of George, what he and his brother would do, she sent him back in a carriage to the London home.
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Oh, it's a horse drawn carriage without the horse.
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The private carriage will stop opposite the stand.
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You will wait for me below in the carriage.
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Did you ride in his carriage?
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Would you mind terribly if I took the carriage home and sent it back for you?
Fiction book (1990) -
At the time of its opening, Mount Calvary was a 45-minute carriage ride from downtown Portland.
Academic text (2006) -
At the entrance to St. Paul's, the queen's carriage halted for an open-air religious service.
Academic text (1997)
Synonyms
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1.6
A machine like a car or bus that carries people and goods
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3.0
A low open vehicle on runners pulled by horses or dogs over snow
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8.1
A light horse-drawn vehicle used in ancient war, races, or ceremonies
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6.5
A large closed carriage that horses pull to carry people
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8.3
A large coach pulled by horses that carries people between towns
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5.1
A vehicle with four wheels like a carriage or taxi that people pay to use
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9.6
An early car from the late 1800s and early 1900s
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9.9
A light open carriage with two wheels that two horses pull, used in the past for personal travel
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9.9
An open two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse originally used in Ireland to carry people
A carriage pulled by horses, often with attendants and used by wealthy people
A small, light carriage pulled by one horse for one person
A taxi allowed to pick up people on the street
A horse-drawn carriage that people hire like a taxi
Compounds
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1.4
A small cart with four wheels that you push to carry a baby who is lying down or sitting
- Specialized
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6.7
A metal rod with a round head and partial threads used to join wood through a hole
- Archaic
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9.1
Rich customers who buy expensive goods, or the business that sells to them
- Archaic
A large white dog with black or brown spots that used to run beside carriages
- Archaic
A platform that holds a gun so it can fire over a low wall like on a fort or ship
- Archaic
A carriage at the end of a moving train released to stop at a station while the train keeps going
- Archaic
The part of a typewriter that holds and moves the paper while you type
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Morphology
Etymology
Carriage comes from an old word for a wheeled vehicle, related to modern car and cart. So a carriage is literally a vehicle used to carry people, which is why we still use the word for horse-drawn vehicles.