dirt road

noun

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

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There were no signs marking the farm, but Marris turned down a dirt road and spotted its 23-year-old owner, Courtney Baker, with long blond hair and a tan, standing by a metal gate near a white pickup truck. — CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Morphew has pleaded not guilty and faces trial next summer in the death of Suzanne Morphew, who disappeared in 2020 and whose skeletal remains were found off a dirt road in southern Colorado in 2023. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 Óscar turned off the winding highway and up a rutted dirt road lined with orchards. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026 To the north of the fire, between a forest and a small dirt road, Olstead spied a green field—the jump spot. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 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 8 Oct. 2026.

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