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{
"term": "carriage",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"image": "data/images/ve/vehicles_trains.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a separate section of a train for carrying passengers",
"labels": "(both British English)North American English",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a railway carriage"
}
],
"topics": ["Transport by bus and train"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["railway", "full", "empty"],
"verb + carriage": ["get in", "get into", "get out of"],
"carriage + noun": ["door", "window"],
"preposition": ["in a/the carriage"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a road vehicle, usually with four wheels, that is pulled by one or more horses and was used in the past to carry people",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a horse-drawn carriage"
},
{
"text": "A horse and carriage awaited the happy couple."
},
{
"text": "She arrived at the ball in horse-drawn carriage."
},
{
"text": "She went for a ride in the carriage that afternoon."
},
{
"text": "The queen waved from her ceremonial carriage."
},
{
"text": "They could hear the sound of carriage wheels on the gravel."
}
],
"topics": ["History"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["horse-drawn", "open", "royal"],
"verb + carriage": ["ride in", "drive", "pull"],
"preposition": ["in a/the carriage"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the act or cost of transporting goods from one place to another",
"labels": "(British English)North American English, British English(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "£16.95 including VAT and carriage"
},
{
"text": "Orders are despatched within 28 days but allow time for carriage."
},
{
"text": "a contract for the carriage of goods"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a moving part of a machine that supports or moves another part, for example on a typewriter",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a carriage return *(= the act of starting a new line when typing)*"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "the way in which somebody holds and moves their head and body",
"labels": "(old-fashioned)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She showed her pedigree on her face and in her carriage."
}
],
"synonyms": "bearing"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkærɪdʒ/",
"audio": "ca/carriage/carriage__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkærɪdʒ/",
"audio": "ca/carriage/carriage__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old Northern French cariage, from carier, based on Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’."
}