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dual carriageway

noun

British.
  1. divided highway.



dual carriageway

noun

  1. US and Canadian name: divided highway.a road on which traffic travelling in opposite directions is separated by a central strip of turf, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dual carriageway1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

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Work to turn the road into a full dual carriageway began when Tony Blair was prime minister in 2002.

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"People were finding their way around by torchlight. It was quite surreal seeing the view from my window totally black especially as I live next to a dual carriageway," he said.

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Drivers heading into Hull in the early hours of 1 November spotted a young girl stood in the slow lane of the A63 dual carriageway.

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Now there is talk of a dual carriageway, better rail services, new homes, new reservoirs; a splurge of busyness to transform the region into "Britain's Silicon Valley".

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The baby boy suffered serious injuries when the vehicle left the dual carriageway and struck a tree near Grantham, Lincolnshire, at 22:50 GMT on Thursday.

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