back lane

Frequency: 6.89.0 per million words

A small, secondary road, often behind main buildings.

laneADJECTIVE + NOUN

Categories:

back

Examples (10)

  • The children often played in the back lane behind their house.
  • We discovered a charming cafe hidden down a narrow back lane.
  • Delivery trucks used the back lane to access the shops.
  • The back lane was muddy after the heavy rain.
  • A group of stray cats gathered in the deserted back lane.
  • He parked his car in the back lane to avoid the main street traffic.
  • Residents complained about the overgrown weeds in the back lane.
  • They took a shortcut through the dark back lane.
  • The old house had its main entrance on the street and a service door on the back lane.
  • Lighting is poor in the back lanes of the old town.