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# carriageway

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

«carriageway» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The part of a road that vehicles drive on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriageway/#m1)
2. One side of a big road; a dual carriageway has two lanes each way with a strip in the middle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriageway/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriageway/#x1)
- We drove along a dual carriageway to the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriageway/#x2)
- A lorry broke down on the southbound carriageway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriageway/#x3)
- Cyclists should keep to the edge of the carriageway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriageway/#x4)
- Both carriageways were closed after the crash. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriageway/#x5)
- The fox ran across the carriageway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriageway/#x6)
- A dual carriageway has a barrier down the middle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriageway/#x7)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «carriageway» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/carriageway/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«carriageway» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/carriageway.html) on Mova free.