dirt road

noun

: a road with a hard dirt surface : an unpaved road

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Irvi rose in the dark each morning and drove along a rocky dirt road to a small plot of land that his mother had inherited. Caitlin Dickerson, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2026 Hikers should carve out enough time in their schedule to explore Mariscol Canyon, which is in an incredibly remote section of the park off of the River road that requires a two-hour drive on a dirt road and a high clearance vehicle. Graham Averill, Outside, 23 Feb. 2026 While civilians surf the world wide web like an information superhighway, one prominent lawyer compared inmates’ internet access to a one-lane dirt road. Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026 Across the dirt road behind his elementary school, Brock Nelson went to hockey heaven on the daily. Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dirt road

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“Dirt road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirt%20road. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

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