"dual carriageway" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dual carriageways [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dual carriageway (plural dual carriageways)
  1. (UK) A road in which the two directions of traffic are separated by a central barrier or strip of land, known as a central reservation or median. Wikipedia link: dual carriageway Tags: UK Categories (topical): Roads Synonyms: divided highway [US] Translations (a type of road): autovia [masculine] (Catalan), směrově dělená komunikace (Czech), kaksiajoratainen maantie (Finnish), double chaussée (French), autovía [masculine] (Galician), carrbhealach dúbailte [masculine] (Irish), débhealach [masculine] (Irish), autovía [feminine] (Spanish), đường lộ đôi (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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