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Definition: Meaning of, road in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / rəʊd /

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road roads
  1. [uncountable and countable] a specially prepared hard surface for cars, buses, bicycles etc to travel on [↪  street, motorway, freeway]
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  2. Road written abbreviation used in addresses after the names of roads and streets
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  3. on the road travelling in a car, especially for long distances
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  4. on the road if a group of actors or musicians are on the road, they are travelling from place to place giving performances
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  5. on the road if your car is on the road, you have paid for the repairs, tax etc necessary for you to drive it legally
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  6. the road to something if you are on the road to something, you will achieve it soon, or it will happen to you soon
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  7. go down a/this road to choose a particular course of action
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  8. along/down the road in the future, especially at a later stage in a process
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  9. one for the road spoken a last alcoholic drink before you leave a party, PUB etc
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road used in phrases

  • A road (noun)
    1. a numbered main or principal road
  • A-road (noun)
    1. a type of road in Britain that is smaller than a MOTORWAY, but larger than a B-ROAD
  • B-road (noun)
    1. a type of road in Britain that is smaller than an A-ROAD
  • Charing Cross Road
    1. a street in central London, famous for its bookshops
  • Falls Road
    1. the Falls Road a street in the Roman Catholic part of BELFAST in NORTHERN IRELAND where a lot of fighting has taken place since the 1960s.
  • Kings Road
    1. the Kings Road a fashionable, expensive shopping street in London which was a very famous place for young people to spend time and buy clothes in the 1960s
  • Portobello Road
    1. a street in West London, where a market is held every Friday and Saturday and ANTIQUE s (= valuable old furniture, jewellery etc) are sold
  • Shankhill Road
    1. the Shankhill Road a street in the Protestant part of Belfast in Northern Ireland, where a lot of violence has taken place since the 1960s
  • Silk Road
    1. the Silk Road an ancient ROUTE along which silk was carried from China and across central Asia to the Eastern Mediterranean and Europe
  • Tottenham Court Road
    1. a street in central London with many shops selling electronic goods such as STEREO systems, televisions, and computer equipment
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