lanenoun [ C ]
uk/leɪn/us/leɪn/lane noun [ C ] (ROAD)
B2 a narrow road in the countryside or in a town:
He drives so fast along those narrow country lanes.
I live at the end of Church Lane.
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- Turn left where the lane meets the main road.
- The cottage is situated in the middle of a wood at the end of a narrow potholed lane.
- The youths scuffled with the policeman, then escaped down the lane.
- He climbed onto his horse and set off at a relaxed trot down the lane.
- We were trotting along the lane when a car suddenly appeared from nowhere and almost made me fall off my pony.
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Roads: urban & residential streets
- access road
- artery
- Ave
- avenue
- backstreets
- Blvd
- drive
- driveway
- lollipop man/lady
- main drag
- main street
- mews
- parade
- parkway
- plaza
- row 1
- seafront
- square
- the whole street idiom
- woonerf
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lane noun [ C ] (STRIP)
B2 a special strip of a road, sports track, or swimming pool that is used to keep vehicles or competitors separate:
a bus/bike/cycle lane
The northbound lane is closed because of an accident.
I find driving in the fast lane very stressful.
The German runners/swimmers are in lanes 4 and 6.
a route across the sea or through the air that ships or aircraft regularly sail or fly along:
The English Channel is the busiest shipping lane in the world.
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Roads & routes in general
- ascent
- bicycle lane/path
- bike lane/path
- blacktop
- communication
- cycle lane/path
- fast link
- footstep
- inside lane
- one-way
- outside lane
- pass
- passable
- road
- road safety
- road sense
- switchback
- trade route
- two-way
- way
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