{
    "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’."
}