conveyance
part of speech
noun (a conveyance, conveyances; conveyance, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal) A conveyance is a vehicle or any way of carrying people or things: "a horse-drawn conveyance". tree →
2) (formal) Conveyance is the act of carrying or moving something from one place to another. tree →
3) (law) Conveyance (conveyancing) is the legal work of passing the ownership of a house or land to someone else. tree →
sense in the lessons
In formal and old-fashioned writing, a "conveyance" means a carriage, cart, car or bus. In science, the conveyance of water through a plant or pipes means carrying it. Lawyers do conveyancing when a house is sold. Phrases: means of conveyance, public conveyance.
examples
- The carriage was a fine conveyance pulled by four horses. tree →
- Buses are a cheap means of conveyance. tree →
- The conveyance of goods by canal was slow. tree →
- Pipes provide the conveyance of water to the town. tree →
- The lawyer handled the conveyance of the house. tree →
- "What is this strange conveyance?" asked the knight, looking at the car. tree →
- I shall start on my travels, but what conveyance shall I choose? tree →
note
Formal and old-fashioned. Verb: convey (to carry; to make an idea known). Everyday words: vehicle, transport. A conveyor belt carries things along in a factory.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «conveyance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.