Road

Quick meaning: Road is a noun meaning (uncountable) Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.

Meaning

(uncountable) Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.

More Meanings

1. (figuratively) A path chosen, as in life or career.
2. An underground tunnel in a mine.
3. (US, rail transport, archaic) A railroad.
4. (US, UK, rail transport) A single railroad track (railway track).
5. 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.
6. (dated) A physical way or route.
7. (obsolete) The act of riding on horseback.

Example Sentences

Where, then, is the road to peace?

We travelled to the seaside by road.

the road to happiness; the road to success.

In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for road

Depending on context, synonyms include frog, marg, street, away, moving, route.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include roadworthy, route, touring, itinerant, moving, traveling.

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