two-lane
- adjective
- /ˈtuːˌleɪn/
- Yesterday, I drove along a quiet two-lane road surrounded by trees.
- a two-lane road
- a two-lane highway
Examples
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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.
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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)
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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.