plural carriages
1
a
: a wheeled vehicle
especially
: a horse-drawn vehicle designed for private use and comfort
b
British
: a railway passenger coach
2
: a wheeled support carrying a burden
3
a
: manner of bearing the body : posture
that slender unrigid erectness and the fine carriage of head—
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b
archaic
: deportment
4
: the act of carrying
5
: a movable part of a machine for supporting some other movable object or part
a typewriter carriage
6
chiefly British
: the price or expense of carrying
7
medical
: the condition of harboring a pathogen within the body
Clinical manifestations of enterovirus infections are protean, ranging from asymptomatic carriage to life-threatening illness.—Journal of the American Medical Association
Journal of the American Medical AssociationHospitals commonly screen patients in the ICU for nasal carriage of MRSA and use contact precautions with carriers.—Susan S. Huang et al.
Susan S. Huang et al.8
archaic
: management
11
obsolete
: a hanger for a sword
Examples of carriage in a Sentence
They rode to the city in carriages.
I took the baby to the park in the carriage.
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TelevisaUnivision and internet-delivered pay-TV service Fubo hit a carriage impasse last December, resulting in the blackout of the company’s channels.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
Another bill Gianforte enacted, SB 528, preempts all local prohibitions or restrictions on the construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs), such as a carriage houses, guest cottages, and pool houses.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Altice blacked out the channels on midnight of New Year’s Day after the two sides were unable to renew the carriage agreement.
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All have space for tables and chairs, and on the other side of the lot is a two-story carriage house built using materials salvaged from another home in the neighborhood.
—Angela Serratore, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Mar. 2025
Another bill Gianforte enacted, SB 528, preempts all local prohibitions or restrictions on the construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs), such as a carriage houses, guest cottages, and pool houses.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
Altice blacked out the channels on midnight of New Year’s Day after the two sides were unable to renew the carriage agreement.
—Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 22 Feb. 2025
All have space for tables and chairs, and on the other side of the lot is a two-story carriage house built using materials salvaged from another home in the neighborhood.
—Angela Serratore, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for carriage
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“Carriage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carriage. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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carriage
noun
car·riage
ˈkar-ij 
1
: the act of carrying
2
: manner of holding the body : posture
3
: a horse-drawn wheeled vehicle designed for carrying persons
4
: a wheeled support carrying a load
gun carriage
5
: a movable part of a machine for supporting some other movable object or part
a typewriter carriage
Medical Definition
carriage
noun
car·riage
ˈkar-ij
: the condition of harboring a pathogen within the body
immunization against hepatitis B reduced the rate of HBV carriage
asymptomatic carriage of the pneumococcus in the nasopharynx
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