Travel / B1

LAYN/leɪn/

A lane is a narrow road or a marked strip of a wider road: bus lane; cycle lane; passing lane. Road is wider; path is often for walking. Do not call the M25 a lane. Highways: buses may use the lane; cars may not.

Meaning

A narrow road, or one marked strip of a wider road (bus lane; cycle lane).

Examples

• “Buses may use the lane; private cars may not.”
• “The country lane flooded below the bridge, which is the narrow-road sense.”

Good to know

bus / cycle / inside lane. Wider: a road. Walking: a path. Highway Code / rural news. Countable.

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