carriageway
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- noun
- /ˈkærɪdʒweɪ/
- UK
:
calzada
- The new road design includes multiple lanes in each carriageway to accommodate increasing traffic volumes.
- a dual carriageway
Examples
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During rush hour, traffic moves slowly along the carriageway as commuters head to work.
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Enormous, articulated lorries pummelled the carriageways.
Fiction book (1998) -
The early morning commuters now use the carriageway.
Fiction book (2001) -
You know, there's that big dual carriageway when you get off the train?
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Cars tear through the night along the carriageway, past a Happy Eater.
Fiction book (2001) -
So there's a dual carriageway which runs through the town and over the islands.
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The mid-morning traffic flows by on the dual carriageway.
Fiction book (2001) -
For example, most ingenious statistics have been cooked up to show that it is as dangerous to cycle along a track as it is to cycle on the carriageway.
Blog text (24) -
There are no walkways on the bridge, and it features sheltered carriageways on the lower deck when very strong winds prove to be too much for vehicles to safely handle.
Blog text (17) -
Motorcycles are allowed to use the left carriageway when the road is clear for safer travel.
Synonyms
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2.0
The part of a road where cars and buses drive
Compounds
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A road with two separate sides for traffic going in opposite directions, often divided by a central barrier
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Etymology
Carriageway comes from carriage ('vehicle' or old horse cart) and way ('road'), so picture a lane where carriages travel. That's why carriageway means the part of a road for vehicles, often for traffic in one direction.