lane
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- pronunciation:
- leIn
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A lane is a narrow country road or a narrow street in a town. The word lane is often used in the names of streets, too.
We could walk down the lane because there weren't many cars. It was pretty too, because there were flowers growing on both sides of the lane.My cousins live on a street named "Pine Tree Lane."
- similar words:
- alley, path, road, way
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| definition 2: |
A lane is a marked path for cars or people traveling in one direction.
In our town, there are special lanes just for people riding bikes.When we got near the city, we got on a highway with six lanes.The buses driving through the tunnel had to use one lane, but the cars had five lanes to use.
- similar words:
- channel, course, track
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| definition 3: |
In the game of bowling, a lane is a wooden path that the bowling ball rolls down on after a person throws it.
Andy rolled the bowling ball down the lane and knocked down six pins.- synonyms:
- alley
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| related words: |
aisle |
The words
lane and
lain sound alike but have different meanings.