Definitions for roadroʊd

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

roadroʊd(n.)

  1. a long, narrow stretch with a leveled or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc.; street or highway.

  2. a way or course:

    the road to peace.

  3. Often, roads.

    Category: Nautical, Navy

    Ref: roadstead.

  4. Ref: railroad. 1 2

  5. any tunnel in a mine used for hauling.

    Category: Mining

Idioms for road:

  1. down the road, at some future time.

    Category: Idiom

Origin of road:

bef. 900; ME rode, earlier rade, OE rād a journey on horseback, akin to rīdan to ride

Princeton's WordNet

  1. road, route(noun)

    an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

  2. road(noun)

    a way or means to achieve something

    "the road to fame"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. road(noun)ʊd

    the hard surfaces that vehicles drive on

    the main road leading into the city; a truck driving on the other side of the road; I live on Blue Hills Road.

  2. roadʊd

    having traveled a particular distance

    We were a few miles down the road when the tire blew.

  3. roadʊd

    at a time in the future

    We don't know what the economy will be like a few years down the road.

  4. roadʊd

    on a long trip in a vehicle

    We'd been on the road for an hour.

  5. roadʊd

    the process that leads to sth

    The road to peace has been long and difficult.

  6. roadʊd

    a short distance away

    She lives just up the road from me.

Wiktionary

  1. road(Noun)

    A way used for travelling between places, usually surfaced with asphalt or concrete. Modern roads, both rural and urban, are designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions.

  2. road(Noun)

    A path chosen in life or career.

  3. road(Noun)

    a partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor.

  4. road(Noun)

    An underground tunnel in a mine.

  5. road(Noun)

    a railway; a single railway track.

  6. Origin: From rad, from raidō, from reidh-. Cognate to West Frisian reed (unpaved road).

Webster Dictionary

  1. Road(noun)

    a journey, or stage of a journey

  2. Road(noun)

    an inroad; an invasion; a raid

  3. Road(noun)

    a place where one may ride; an open way or public passage for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel, forming a means of communication between one city, town, or place, and another

  4. Road(noun)

    a place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads


Translations for road

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

road(noun)

a strip of ground usually with a hard level surface for people, vehicles etc to travel on

This road takes you past the school; (also adjective) road safety.

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