carriagenoun
uk/ˈkær.ɪdʒ/us/ˈker.ɪdʒ/carriage noun (VEHICLE)
C2 [ C ] a vehicle with four wheels that is usually pulled by horses and was used mainly in the past:
a horse-drawn carriage
C1 [ C ] UK UK also coach, US car any of the separate parts of a train in which the passengers sit:
a railway carriage
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- The carriage at the end of the train was left stranded when the coupling broke.
- The Queen's carriage headed the procession.
- The horses were hitched to a shiny black carriage.
- With every jar of the carriage, the children shrieked with excitement.
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Carriages & carts
- cab
- cart
- chariot
- coach
- covered wagon
- dogcart
- dogsled
- dray
- gondola
- hansom cab
- horse float
- horse-drawn
- horsebox
- ox-drawn
- rickshaw
- sedan chair
- surrey
- trap
- wagon
- wagon train
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Railways: trains & parts of trains
carriage noun (TRANSPORTING)
[ U ] UK (the cost of) transporting goods:
That will be £150, carriage included.
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Delivering and despatching
- air drop
- air-dash
- airlift
- consign
- containerize
- despatch
- drop
- enclose
- fire
- fire sth off
- forward
- get sth in
- reroute
- route
- send
- send sth in
- send sth off
- shipping
- trot
- trot sb out
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Communications - the postal system
Costs & expenses
carriage noun (BODY MOVEMENT)
[ U ] formal the way in which a person moves or keeps their body when they are standing, sitting, or walking