carriage

Meanings

Plural: carriages

Noun

• a railcar where passengers ride
• a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
• characteristic way of bearing one's body
• a machine part that carries something else
• a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around
• The act of conveying; carrying.
• A means of conveyance.
• A (mostly four-wheeled) lighter vehicle chiefly designed to transport people, generally drawn by horse power.
• A railroad car.
• The manner or posture in which one holds or positions a body part, such as one's arm or head.
• A manner of walking and moving in general; how one carries oneself, bearing, gait.
• One's behavior, or way of conducting oneself towards others.
• The part of a typewriter supporting the paper.
• A shopping cart.
• A stroller; a baby carriage.
• The charge made for conveying (especially in the phrases carriage forward, when the charge is to be paid by the receiver, and Carriage Paid To).
• That which is carried, baggage.

Synonyms

baby buggy, baby carriage, bearing, cartage, charge, coach, equipage, freight, freightage, go-cart, passenger car, perambulator, posture, pram, pushchair, pusher, rate, rig, stroller

Antonyms

wagon