CARRIAGEWAY

 Dictionary entry overview: What does carriageway mean? 

• CARRIAGEWAY (noun)
  The noun CARRIAGEWAY has 1 sense:

1. one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes

  Familiarity information: CARRIAGEWAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARRIAGEWAY (noun)

Meaning:

One of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("carriageway" is a kind of...):

roadway (a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

Holonyms ("carriageway" is a part of...):

expressway; freeway; motorway; pike; state highway; superhighway; throughway; thruway (a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic)