SLOW LANE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slow lane mean? 

• SLOW LANE (noun)
  The noun SLOW LANE has 1 sense:

1. the traffic lane for vehicles that are moving slowly

  Familiarity information: SLOW LANE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLOW LANE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The traffic lane for vehicles that are moving slowly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("slow lane" is a kind of...):

traffic lane (a lane of a main road that is defined by painted lines)

Antonym:

fast lane (the traffic lane for vehicles that are moving rapidly)

 Context examples 

This study explains why eating leaves in the canopies of trees leads to life in the slow lane, why fast-moving animals like birds tend not to eat leaves, and why animals like deer that eat a lot of leaves tend to be big and live on the ground.

(Putting the sloth in sloths: Arboreal lifestyle drives slow pace, NSF)