carriage
noun
Simple meaning
A lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
karijSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈkæɹɪdʒ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.
A means of conveyance.
Characteristic way of bearing one's body
The manner or posture in which one holds or positions a body part, such as one's arm or head.
The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.
The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and Carriage Paid To).
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- General and technical use
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.
Used this way, carriage is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
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- “The carriage ride was very romantic.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A large breed having a smooth white coat with black or brown spots.
A small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles.
The operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line.
Trade from upper-class customers.
A wrench designed for use with carriage bolts.
A roundheaded bolt for timber.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- wagonnoun
- automobilenoun
- depotnoun
- freightnoun
- locomotivenoun
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Synonyms
Sense: (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people
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