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road
[ rohd ]
noun
- a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- a way or course:
the road to peace.
- a railroad.
- Often roads. Also called roadstead. Nautical. a partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor.
- Mining. any tunnel in a mine used for hauling.
- the road, the places, usually outside of New York City, at which theatrical companies on tour generally give performances.
road
/ °ùəʊ»å /
noun
- an open way, usually surfaced with asphalt or concrete, providing passage from one place to another
- ( as modifier )
a road sign
a road map
road traffic
- ( in combination )
the roadside
- a street
- ( capital when part of a name )
London Road
- short for railroad
- one of the tracks of a railway
- a way, path, or course
the road to fame
- Also calledroadstead often plural nautical a partly sheltered anchorage
- a drift or tunnel in a mine, esp a level one
- hit the road slang.to start or resume travelling
- on the road
- travelling, esp as a salesman
- (of a theatre company, pop group, etc) on tour
- leading a wandering life
- take the road or take to the roadto begin a journey or tour
- one for the road informal.a last alcoholic drink before leaving
Derived Forms
- ˈ°ù´Ç²¹»å±ô±ð²õ²õ, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- °ù´Ç²¹»å·±ô±ð²õ²õ adjective
- °ù´Ç²¹»å·±ô±ð²õ²õ·ness noun
- ¾±²Ô·³Ù±ð°ù·°ù´Ç²¹»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of road1
Idioms and Phrases
- burn up the road, Slang. to drive or move very fast.
- down the road, in the future:
Economists see higher interest rates down the road.
- hit the road, Slang. to begin or resume traveling:
We hit the road before sunrise.
- on the road,
- traveling, especially as a sales representative.
- on tour, as a theatrical company:
The musical ends its New York run next week to go on the road.
- started; under way:
We need funds to get the project on the road.
- one for the road, a final alcoholic drink taken just before departing from a party, tavern, or the like.
- take to the road, to begin a journey or tour. Also take the road.
- take the high road. take the high road ( def ).
More idioms and phrases containing road
- all roads lead to Rome
- down the line (road)
- end of the line (road)
- get the show on the road
- hit the road
- one for the road
- on the road
Example Sentences
The scene stretched from the borough's town hall up to the road's junction with New Street.
But that process, Mr Tring says, is running out of road.
“I don’t see it yet,†the aide said, granted anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, “but down the road, it’s possible.â€
One video showed a large section of a 10-storey block of flats obliterated by the attack and victims lying on the road outside.
There’s even a reference to rocky road ice cream, invented in Oakland in 1929.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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