carriagewaynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkær.ɪdʒ.weɪ/us/ˈker.ɪdʒ.weɪ/UKone of the two halves of a main road
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Roads: motorways
- access road
- artery
- autobahn
- clearway
- contraflow
- divided highway
- freeway
- hard shoulder
- highway
- interstate
- M, m
- motorway
- passing lane
- pike
- ramp
- route
- shoulder
- slip road
- superhighway
- toll plaza
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Examples from literature
- Between the garden and the public road there was a paddock belonging to the house, along the side of which, but divided from it by a hedge and shrubbery, ran the private carriageway up to the house.
- He quickly crossed the carriageway, picked her up, and carried her into the first shop adjoining the bridge, explaining that she was a lady who had been taken ill outside.