lane
A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
Noun 4 meanings
A road, street, or similar thoroughfare.
A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees.
“There's a shortcut to the shops through this leafy lane.”
A narrow road, as in the country.
A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles.
“Drivers should overtake in the outside lane”
Etymology
From Middle English lane, lone, from Old English lanu (“a lane, alley, avenue”), from Proto-West Germanic *lanu, from Proto-Germanic *lanō (“lane, passageway”).
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LANE at a glance
LANE has 4 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (L 1 + A 1 + N 1 + E 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,572 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with lane
All rhymes- PLANE7
- JANE11
- INSANE6
- HURRICANE14
- KANE8
- AIRPLANE10
- CRANE7
- MEMBRANE14
- CANE6
- SANE4
- HUMANE11
- METHANE12
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