road
IPA: rˈoʊd
noun
- A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
- (uncountable) Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.
- (dated) A physical way or route.
- (figuratively) A path chosen, as in life or career.
- An underground tunnel in a mine.
- (US, rail transport) A railway or (UK, rail transport) a single railway track.
- (obsolete) The act of riding on horseback.
- (obsolete) A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
- (nautical, often in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
- (obsolete) A journey, or stage of a journey.
adjective
- (US, Canada, sports, chiefly attributive) At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.
- (cycling) Of or pertaining to a road bike.
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Examples of "road" in Sentences
- The car skids on the road.
- The car squealed on the road.
- His car was sliding on the road.
- He heard his car screeching on the road.
- The car was jammed in the middle of the road.
- Bram swerved the car to avoid hitting an animal on the road.
- Car parking is directly across the road from the hotel at a surcharge.
- The tines cross the path of the road, not parallel with the road direction.
- He bought the car from a workmate with bankloans, and drove it on the road.
- It follows public rights of way and roads with the occasional permissive path.
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