three-lane

1. 1.

   having a lane for traffic in each direction and a center lane for passing

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Questions about three-lane

What does three-lane mean?

three-lane means "having a lane for traffic in each direction and a center lane for passing".

How many syllables are in three-lane?

three-lane has 2 syllables and divides as three--lane under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is three-lane a common word?

three-lane is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.