VocabularyUncategorizedroad
nounA1

road

/roʊd/

A way for cars, buses, and people to travel from one place to another.

A road can also mean a route or the way to a place, as in “the road to the airport.” It can also mean a way of doing something, as in “the road to success.”

Illustration for road
EXAMPLES
  • This road goes to the city.
  • Please be careful when you cross the road.
  • We stopped the car by the side of the road.
SYNONYMS
streetrouteway
WORD FAMILY
roadside (noun) · roadway (noun)
GRAMMAR
Countable noun · plural: roads
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
busy roadmain roadcountry roadroad signroad tripcross the roadby the side of the road
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