ring road

noun

chiefly British
: a highway skirting an urban area

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The march was due to end in front of parliament, further along the capital's inner ring road. Reuters, 3 Oct. 2024 In July, Judge Hehir sentenced a group of Just Stop Oil activists to four- and five-year sentences over a campaign to disrupt traffic on the M25, the major ring road in London. Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 26 Sep. 2024 The Russians created a similar situation in early 2022, storming across the northern border, occupying villages and small towns, and reaching the ring road that circumscribes Kharkiv. Constant Méheut, New York Times, 12 May 2024 The last major piece of road building in Bengaluru was an outer ring road built 24 years ago. IEEE Spectrum, 21 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ring road 

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ring road was in 1905

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“Ring road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ring%20road. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.

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