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Word: Carriage
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English: from Old Northern French cariage, from carier (see carry)
ˈkarɪdʒ
any of the separate sections of a train that carry passengers
Short Definition:railway vehicle
Examples:- the first-class carriages
the conveying of goods or passengers from one place to another
Short Definition:action of conveying
Examples:- the carriage of bikes on public transport
a moving part of a machine that carries other parts into the required position
Short Definition:part of machine
Examples:- a typewriter carriage
a person's bearing or deportment
Short Definition:person's bearing
Examples:- her carriage was graceful, her movements quick and deft
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