lanes
LAYNZ/leɪnz/
- 1Plural of lane. Use this form when you mean more than one lane.
The new road has four lanes for cars.
Workers painted fresh white lines between the lanes.
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- 2A part of a divided road where all the cars travel in the same direction.
Like one half of a two-way street, kept just for cars going one way.
The northbound lanes were closed for repairs all weekend.
Drivers heading south use the lanes on the other side of the barrier.
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- 3A place where you go to play bowling.
Like a movie theater, but for bowling instead of films.
We spent Friday night at the lanes with friends.
The lanes downtown stay open until midnight.
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lanes is a form of lane
lane, noun: A strip of road for one line of vehicles, usually marked with lines. Full entry
- Forms
- lanelanes plural
- Spelling
- lane → lanes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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