dirt road

noun

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

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The Desert Bar is 5 miles down a rugged dirt road in the mountains north of Parker, Arizona. Tiffany Acosta, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025 During two days of driving and hiking around the park, a USA TODAY reporter never saw a uniformed ranger or law enforcement officer on patrol, although workers cleaned the toilets each morning and graded a dirt road. Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025 Located at the end of a sandy dirt road on the northern tip of South Caicos, Sailrock feels like its own island. Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 The elusive species’ breeding area is a four-hour drive on a dirt road from Nome, Alaska, followed by a hike to the summit of a small tundra hilltop. Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025 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 22 May. 2025.

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