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Roads

/ɹəʊdz/

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.

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📖 Definitions of "Roads"

noun

1
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.
2
A road; or particularly a car, as a means of transportation.
"We travelled to the seaside by road."
3
A path chosen in life or career.
4
An underground tunnel in a mine.

noun

1
(occasionally in the singular) A roadstead.

🔄 Synonyms of "Roads"

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Word	Definition
roadsteadnoun	(nautical) A partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbour.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Roads"

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Word	Definition
roadsteadnoun	(nautical) A partly sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbour.
highwaynoun	A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
railwaynoun	(chiefly UK, Ireland and Commonwealth) A transport system using rails used to move passengers or goods.
railnoun	A horizontal bar extending between supports and used for support or as a barrier; a railing.
expresswaynoun	(Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Philippines) Synonym of freeway.
roadsidenoun	The area on either side of a road.
crossroadsnoun	A place where one road crosses another; an intersection of two or more roads.
trafficnoun	Moving pedestrians or vehicles, or the flux or passage thereof.
pathnoun	A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
waynoun	(heading) To do with a place or places.
routenoun	A course or way which is traveled or passed.
movementnoun	Physical motion between points in space.
approachesnoun	Movements to gain favour; advances.
tripsnoun	(copyright law, international law) The Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.
waysnoun	(informal, US, sometimes figurative, usually preceded by a) A distance.
directionsnoun	Instructions for how to reach a destination or how to do something
channelsnoun	Formal lines of command and procedure.
linesnoun	(film, theater) Words spoken by the actors.
lanesnoun	(US) One side of a divided highway that carries traffic in a single direction.
meansnoun	An instrument or condition to achieve a result.