carriageway

«carriageway» in Mova's school dictionary: The part of a road that vehicles drive on — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a carriageway, carriageways) — mainly UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ

meaning for a pupil

1) The part of a road that vehicles drive on. tree →

2) One side of a big road; a dual carriageway has two lanes each way with a strip in the middle. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in road safety lessons and news (traffic on the northbound carriageway) and in everyday UK travel. It tells the reader about the main road surface. Phrases: dual carriageway, single carriageway, northbound carriageway, the carriageway was closed.

examples

• Never walk on the carriageway; stay on the pavement. tree →
• We drove along a dual carriageway to the beach. tree →
• A lorry broke down on the southbound carriageway. tree →
• Cyclists should keep to the edge of the carriageway. tree →
• Both carriageways were closed after the crash. tree →
• The fox ran across the carriageway. tree →
• A dual carriageway has a barrier down the middle. tree →

note

Countable: carriageways. Mostly UK, Irish, Australian and NZ English; in the USA people say "lanes" or "divided highway". From "carriage" (old word for a vehicle) + way.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «carriageway» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.