Definitions for road
roʊdroad

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. road, routenoun

   an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

2. roadnoun

   a way or means to achieve something

   "the road to fame"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. roadnoun

   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. roadnoun

   A path chosen in life or career.

3. roadnoun

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

4. roadnoun

   An underground tunnel in a mine.

5. roadnoun

   a railway; a single railway track.

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

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Road

   A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of roads, including parkways, avenues, controlled-access highways (freeways, motorways, and expressways), tollways, interstates, highways, thoroughfares, and local roads. The primary features of roads include lanes, sidewalks (pavement), roadways (carriageways), medians, shoulders, verges, bike paths (cycle paths), and shared-use paths.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. road

   A road is a public or privately-owned pathway typically made of hard, flat, or paved surface that allows vehicles, pedestrians, and animals to travel from one point to another. It is designed and constructed for transportation purposes, serving as a route for vehicles to move goods, people, and services between different locations or destinations. Roads can range in size and capacity from small streets and rural highways to major urban thoroughfares and interstate highways.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.5 / 2 votes

1. Roadnoun

   a journey, or stage of a journey

2. Roadnoun

   an inroad; an invasion; a raid

3. Roadnoun

   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. Roadnoun

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

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 3 votes

1. Road

   A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle. Roads consist of one, or sometimes two, roadways each with one or more lanes and also any associated sidewalks and road verges. Roads that are available for use by the public may be referred to as public roads or highways.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Road

   rōd, n. a highway for traffic: (B.) a plundering excursion.—ns. Road, Road′stead, Roads, a place where ships ride at anchor; Road′-āg′ent, a highwayman: a commercial traveller; Road′-bed, the bed or foundation of a road: the whole superstructure thereon; Road′-book, a guide-book; Road′-car, a kind of omnibus; Road′-harr′ow, a machine for dragging over roads out of repair; Road′ing, the act of running races with teams; Road′-lev′el, a plumb-level used in the construction of roads; Road′-locomō′tive, a road-steamer; Road′-machine′, a scraper used in road-making; Road′man, Roads′man, one who keeps a road in repair; Road′-met′al, broken stones for roads; Road′-roll′er, a heavy roller used on a macadamised road; Road′-run′ner, a large ground-cuckoo; Road′-scrāp′er, an implement for levelling roads and clearing them of loose stones, &c.; Road′side, footpath: wayside; Road′stead, a place near a shore where vessels may anchor; Road′-steam′er, a locomotive with broad wheels for roads; Road′ster, a horse for driving or riding on the road: a coach-driver: a bicycle, or tricycle; Road′-survey′or, one who supervises roads; Road′way, the way or part of a road or street travelled by carriages; Road′-weed, a plant of the genus Plantago.—adj. Road′worthy, fit for the road.—By the road, by the highway; On the road, travelling; Rule of the road, the custom of the country in passing on a highway; Take to the road, to become a highwayman. [A.S. rád, a riding—rád, pa.t. of rídan, to ride.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. road

   An off-shore well-known anchorage, where ships may await orders, as St. Helen's at Portsmouth, Cowes, Leith, Basque Roads, Saugor, and others, where a well-found vessel may ride out a gale.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. road

   A type of defined structure. providing access from a location to a specific location.

   The country roads are so accessible and in good condition.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 27, 2020  

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'road' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #330

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'road' in Written Corpus Frequency: #306

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'road' in Nouns Frequency: #78

Anagrams for road »

1. orad

2. Dora

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1. Alex

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   Mark

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of road in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of road in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of road in a Sentence

1. Chris Payton:

   I guess she just pulls over to the side of the road and just decides to have herself a little snack before she delivers.

2. Marya Mannes, The Quotable Woman...on Love & Relationships:

   All great lovers are articulate, and verbal seduction is the surest road to actual seduction.

3. Jon Whiten:

   Now the state can't even afford the anticipated first-year loss from the tax credits, and is looking at kicking the can even further down the road.

4. Marc Hellingrath:

   The liquidity situation is extremely tight, we see regulatory headwinds coming further and further down the road, so we expect liquidity to get even worse.

5. Calvin Coolidge:

   If you see 10 troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that 9 will run into the ditch before they reach you.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=road
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Road
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=road
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=road
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=road
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=road