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How to pronounce carriage in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bearing, posture
Type of bodily property
Has types clumsiness, slouch, awkwardness, manner of walking, walk, gracefulness
Derivation carry
Type Words
Synonyms baby buggy, baby carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, stroller
Type of wheeled vehicle
Has types bassinet
Type Words
Synonyms coach, passenger car
Type of railroad car, car, railcar, railway car
Has types parlor car, parlour car, chair car, pullman, pullman car, wagon-lit, smoking carriage, sleeper, sleeping car, smoking car, smoker, buffet car, dining car, dining compartment, drawing-room car, smoking compartment, nonsmoker, nonsmoking car, palace car, diner
Type Words
Synonyms equipage, rig
Type of horse-drawn vehicle
Has types stanhope, barouche, brougham, buckboard, buggy, cab, cabriolet, caroche, chaise, chariot, clarence, coach, coach-and-four, droshky, drosky, four-in-hand, gharry, gig, hackney, hackney carriage, hackney coach, hansom, hansom cab, landau, post chaise, roadster, shay, surrey, trap, troika
Type Words
Type of mechanism
Has types typewriter carriage

Examples of carriage

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Pimkowski has one horse that regularly pulls a carriage and another in training.
From the democratandchronicle.com
She got a train at Orakei station and was stuck in a full carriage in Britomart.
From the nzherald.co.nz
We leapt onto the train thinking we would sort out where our carriage was later.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
In March next year 19 of these trains will be running an eight-carriage service.
From the borehamwoodtimes.co.uk
Csonka enjoyed the illusion of time travel as he rode in that darkened carriage.
From the usatoday.com
A sixth tree, also 20 feet tall, will welcome visitors at the carriage entrance.
From the post-gazette.com
Later phases have focused on the 88 carriage homes planned for the neighborhood.
From the post-gazette.com
He bought Nott's carriage and built a prosperous livery business in Schenectady.
From the timesunion.com
Traveling in the same carriage was the Styrian poet and novelist Peter Rosegger.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • Passenger car: a railcar where passengers ride
  • A vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
  • Characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"
  • A machine part that carries something else
  • Baby buggy: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
  • A carriage is a wheeled vehicle for people, usually horse-drawn; litters (palanquins) and sedan chairs are excluded, since they are wheelless vehicles. The carriage is especially designed for private passenger use and for comfort or elegance, though some are also used to transport goods. ...
  • The Carriage (1836) (or "The Coach" in some translations) is a short story by Nikolai Gogol, one of his shortest works. After reading it, Anton Chekhov wrote to Alexei Suvorin, "What an artist he is! His 'Carriage' alone is worth two hundred thousand rubles. Sheer delight, nothing less."
  • The Carriage is an opera in one act by composer Vyacheslav Kruglik. The opera uses a Russian libretto by Vera Kupriyanova and the composer which is based upon the story of the same name by Nikolai Gogol. ...
  • A wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power; A rail car, esp. designed for the conveyance of passengers; A manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing; One's behaviour, or way of conducting oneself towards others; The part of a typewriter supporting the ...