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# driveway

«driveway» in Mova's school dictionary: **A short private road or paved area that leads from the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a driveway, driveways)

### meaning for a pupil

A short private road or paved area that leads from the street to a house or garage, where cars are parked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driveway/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In road safety, driveways are dangerous for small children: drivers reversing out often cannot see a child behind the car. Never play behind or around a car in a driveway, and hold an adult's hand. When walking on the pavement (sidewalk), watch for cars coming out of driveways. In maths, a driveway can be a rectangle in area problems: a driveway 12 m long and 3 m wide has an area of 36 m². Phrases: "park in the driveway", "back out of the driveway", "a long driveway", "shovel the driveway" (in snowy places).

### examples

- Dad parked the car in the driveway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driveway/#x1)
- Never play in the driveway when cars are moving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driveway/#x2)
- We chalked pictures on our driveway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driveway/#x3)
- Watch for cars backing out of driveways. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driveway/#x4)
- We shovelled snow off the driveway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driveway/#x5)
- The driveway is 15 metres long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driveway/#x6)
- A tall hedge lines the driveway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driveway/#x7)
- Our bikes are leaning against the wall by the driveway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driveway/#x8)

### note

One word: driveway (drive + way). In British English "drive" alone also means a driveway ("park on the drive"). Countable: a driveway, driveways. In maths, area = length × width, perimeter = add all four sides.

### In the corpora

- [A driver reversing out of a driveway or a parking space may not see a child behind the car.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars/16/)
- [Chalk drawings belong on your own driveway or a quiet path, never on the road where cars come.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/245-crafts-scissors-glue-and-paint/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «driveway» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/driveway/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.