roadside

noun

road·​side ˈrōd-ˌsīd How to pronounce roadside (audio)
: the strip of land along a road : the side of a road
roadside adjective

Examples of roadside in a Sentence

a hamburger stand on the roadside
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The vast majority of them have been either abandoned or let loose by their owners in parks or along roadsides, or handed over by apartment tenants who didn’t know they weren’t allowed. Eric Adler april 26, Kansas City Star, 26 Apr. 2026 Kiros was born in 2023 at Zoo Animalia, a roadside animal attraction in Quebec. Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2026 On the outskirts of downtown, a little ways off I-4, this retro roadside stop has been dishing out some of the best roast beef sandwiches in the South since 1968. Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026 The Midwest is home to some of the most wonderfully weird roadside attractions in the country — the kind of stops that make kids press their faces to the window and beg you to pull over. Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for roadside

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1657, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of roadside was circa 1657

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“Roadside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadside. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.

Kids Definition

roadside

1 of 2 noun
road·​side
ˈrōd-ˌsīd
: the strip of land along a road : the side of a road

roadside

2 of 2 adjective
: located by the side of a road
roadside hamburger stand

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