# lanes

Pronunciation: say "LAYNZ" /leɪnz/

## Noun

1. Plural of lane. — plural of lane
   - Simple: Plural of lane. Use this form when you mean more than one lane.
   - _Traffic backed up across all three lanes during rush hour._
   - _Narrow country lanes wound between the hedgerows._
2. The part of a divided highway on which all traffic travels in the same direction. *(US)*
   - Simple: A part of a divided road where all the cars travel in the same direction.
   - _A pileup blocked all the southbound lanes for hours._
   - _Crews repaved the eastbound lanes overnight while traffic shifted west._
3. A bowling alley, especially thought of as a place to go and bowl. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A place where you go to play bowling.
   - _After work, the whole team headed to the lanes for a few games._
   - _The old lanes on Main Street finally closed after fifty years._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/lanes (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).