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two-lane

two-lane

12 3.5
A road with one lane for traffic going each way
  • adjective
  • /ˈtuːˌleɪn/
translation icon : de dos carriles
  • Yesterday, I drove along a quiet two-lane road surrounded by trees.
  • a two-lane road
  • a two-lane highway

Examples

  • Twenty minutes on the two-lane, and I began to regret my decision.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • Have students identify a two-lane highway in the area where they live that is known for traffic congestion.

    Academic text (2012)
  • On a two-lane country road not far from here.

  • We are looking down an empty two-lane road covered with fresh snow.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The girl was looking out over the nose of the car toward the straight two-lane highway.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The campus is located in a rural area, accessible only from a two-lane highway.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The last half of the trip was forty miles directly inland on the two-lane military highway.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Starting north on Verba, a two-lane local street, she met no traffic.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The car was going too fast, given the two-lane road, the decreasing light, and the hills.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • We were speeding down an empty two-lane road through the farmland south of Stone City.

    Fiction book (1993)

How Many Lanes

multilane
1 4.0
three-lane
1 3.1
two-lane
12 3.5
single-lane
1 4.3

Surface Forms

two-lane positive

Morphology

two-lane = two + lane (transparent) = two + lane

The meaning is a direct compound of 'two' and 'lane' (a road with two lanes), which is immediately inferable by learners.

Etymology

The word two-lane is made of two ('two') and lane ('a narrow road'). So, imagine a road with one lane going one way and one lane going the other way, which is why two-lane describes a road with one lane for traffic in each direction.