road

noun

ˈrōd How to pronounce road (audio)
Definition of roadnext
1
as in highway
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel I think we should take one of the less congested roads

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2
as in railroad
a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel the railway companies are continually repairing their roads

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Recent Examples of road The first half-hour of rain is when roads are slickest due to a mix of rain, grime, and oil. — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 14 July 2026 Goma has traditionally been an important regional center of trade and commerce, and is a transportation hub with roads, lake transport, and an airport. — Chinatsu Tsuji, Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 July 2026 Heavy monsoon rains also lashed the Gilgit-Baltistan region on Monday, triggering landslides that blocked several roads and damaged homes, according to a statement from regional emergency services. — ABC News, 14 July 2026 And planting near any street could expose trees to harmful salt spray when roads are treated in the winter. — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for road
Recent Examples of Synonyms for road
  1. highway
  2. railroad
  3. street
  4. railway
  5. thoroughfare
  6. freeway
  7. route
  8. expressway
Noun
  • Here's your daily look at traffic on major highways in the Kansas City area.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026
  • Jakarta, Indonesia — A pickup truck carrying wedding guests was crushed between two trucks on a busy highway on Indonesia's main island of Java, killing 13 people and injuring five others, police said Monday.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of highway
Noun
  • In the 1880s, quarterly reporting by railroads and other transportation companies were common.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • From the railroads of the 1800s to power grids, aviation, the telephone, the integrated circuit, the internet and now artificial intelligence (AI), private capital has financed wave after wave of progress.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Definition of railroad
Noun
  • Parents pushed strollers with infants, as men, women and children of all ages crammed onto the street.
    — Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • The bike lane is raised a little from the street, and then the sidewalk is raised a little from the bike lane.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of street
Noun
  • Denver is the latest of nearly a dozen municipalities to publicly express its support for the railway.
    — Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • In Southern California, cliffs could erode more than 130 feet by the end of the century, and the consequences of erosion have already proved to be severe on major roads, railways and other critical infrastructure.
    — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of railway
Noun
  • The unearthed quarters included north-south thoroughfares intersected by east-west streets, forming open squares and public spaces, said Hisham el-Leithy, secretary general of the supreme council of antiquities.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • Others outside proudly waved their flags on the neighborhood thoroughfare, Westwood Boulevard.
    — Jesus Jiménez, New York Times, 30 June 2026
Definition of thoroughfare
Noun
  • Britney Spears is speaking out after being spotted hanging out of the sunroof of an SUV on a busy Los Angeles freeway.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 July 2026
  • For decades, the powers that be have burdened the Eastside with freeways, warehouses, public corruption, unsightly developments that have brought on gentrification and civic negligence bordering on the criminal.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Definition of freeway
Noun
  • Owners who live close to a quality shop, have open schedules and don’t mind handling drop-offs and pickups may find the traditional route just as effective at a lower price.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
  • The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways said teams were working to repair the damage and restore the route, and that other arrangements are being made to transport passengers to Mashhad via road, IRIB said.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 9 July 2026
Definition of route
Noun
  • About two thirds is south of Interstate 595 and one third north of the expressway.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2026
  • The alert triggered temporary closures along a major highway, the Décarie expressway, as well as a temporary shutdown of significant sections of two subway lines.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
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