lane
/leɪn/ noun [C]Definition
PART › part of a road or track that is separated from the other parts, usually by a painted line: the inside/middle/outside lane the fast/slow lane They're widening the road from two to three lanes.
ROAD › a narrow road, usually in the countryside: We drove down a winding country lane.
BOATS/AIRCRAFT › a route that is regularly used by boats or aircraft: It's one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.
(Definition of lane noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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