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Definition of the road in English English dictionary
road: a partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor
There delivering their fraught, they went to Scandaroone; rather to view what ships was in the Roade, than any thing else .
road: A way used for travelling between places, usually surfaced with asphalt or concrete. Modern roads, both rural and urban, are designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions
road: A path chosen in life or career
Where, then, is the road to peace?.
road: An underground tunnel in a mine
road: a railway; a single railway track
road: Vehicle or vehicle and pedestrian route without a significant amount of pedestrian activity generated by adjoining buildings and public spaces Compare street
road: {n} a way for travelling on, anchorage some distance from shore
road: the end of the road: see end. Traveled way on which people, animals, or wheeled vehicles move. The earliest roads developed from paths and trails and appeared with the invention of wheeled vehicles, around 3000 BC. Road systems developed to facilitate trade in early civilizations; the first major road extended 1,775 mi (2,857 km) from the Persian Gulf to the Aegean Sea and was used 3500-300 BC. The Romans used roads to maintain control of their empire, with over 53,000 mi (85,000 km) of roadways extending across its lands; Roman construction techniques and design remained the most advanced until the late 1700s. In the early 19th century invention of macadam road construction provided a quick and durable method for building roads, and asphalt and concrete also began to be used. Motorized traffic in the 20th century led to the limited-access highway, the first of which was a parkway in New York City (1925). Superhighways also appeared in Italy and Germany in the 1930s. In the 1950s the U.S. interstate highway system was inaugurated to link the country's major cities. Burma Road Silk Road Stilwell Road Ledo Road Hampton Roads Hampton Roads Conference
road: Guards - Advance troops sent ahead of a military unit to detect enemy forces and protect the main force
road: {i} avenue, street, paved or packed surface designed for travel, hard paved or packed surface for vehicles; route; path, way; means to attain something; roadstead, protected area for ships to anchor; railway, train track; mine tunnel
road: a vehicular access way serving more than two lots
road: A journey, or stage of a journey
road: a way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame" an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
road: a way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame"
road: Any linear break in the forest canopy that is 25 to 300 ft (8 to 90 m) wide
road: an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
road: Skid road in skidder or high-lead logging Cleared path along which logs are hauled to the landing with one setting of the rigging
road: or Roadstead: a stretch of sheltered water near land where ships may ride at anchor in all but very heavy weather; often rendered as 'roads', and does not refer to the streets of a particular port city but rather its anchorage, as in 'St Helens Roads', the designated anchorage for shipping located between St Helens (Isle of Wight) and Portsmouth, or 'Funchal Roads' at the island of Madeira (see Elizabeth Macquarie's 1809 Journal)
road: If you hit the road, you set out on a journey. I was relieved to get back in the car and hit the road again
road: A narrow strip of land made suitable for travel between places. Modern roads are usually paved to accommodate wheeled vehicles
road: -A motor vehicle travelway over 50 inches wide, except those designated and managed as a trail A road may be classified, unclassified, or temporary
road: – A motor vehicle travelway over 50 inches wide, unless designated and managed as a trail A road may be
road: An inroad; an invasion; a raid
road: If you say that someone is on the road to something, you mean that they are likely to achieve it. The government took another step on the road to political reform
road: must always link two nodes Road sides and borders are separated bij a black line, and borders between Lanes bij a grey line Turns have only a visual representation and no influence on the behaviour of road users, because these have no acceleration (they don't slow down in turns)
road: means a surface right-of-way for purposes of travel by land vehicles used in surface coal mining and reclamation operations or coal exploration A road consists of the entire area within the right-of-way, including the roadbed, shoulders, parking and side areas, approaches, structures, ditches, and surface The term includes access and haulroads constructed, used, reconstructed, improved, or maintained for use in surface coal mining and reclamation operations or coal exploration, including use by coal hauling vehicles to and from transfer, processing or storage areas The term does not include ramps and routes of travel within the immediate mining area or within spoil or coal mine waste disposal areas
road: If you are on the road, you are going on a long journey or a series of journeys by road. He hoped to get a new truck and go back on the road
road: {s} occurring over public roads; working for a short period of time in different locations
road: The figures include the activity of goods vehicles over 3 5 tonnes gross weight and small commercial vehicles up to that weight The estimates for goods vehicles are derived from the Continuing Survey of Road Goods Transport (CSRGT) and, for small commercial vehicles, ad hoc surveys in 1976, 1987 and 1992/93 and interpolation for the intervening and subsequent years
road: taking place over public roads; "road racing"
road: A road is a long piece of hard ground which is built between two places so that people can drive or ride easily from one place to the other. There was very little traffic on the roads We just go straight up the Bristol Road Buses carry 30 per cent of those travelling by road road accidents
road: Public roadways
road: Anywhere (except your home) where a show can be promoted Submitted by Karl Kuenning RFL from Roadie Net
road: The contiguous linear distance of the line separating the lot from a "road," as defined in this Ordinance
road: The road to a particular result is the means of achieving it or the process of achieving it. We are bound to see some ups and downs along the road to recovery
road: A place where one may ride; an open way or public passage for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel, forming a means of communication between one city, town, or place, and another
road: A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads
road: an area that is open to or used by the public and is developed for, or has as one of its main uses, the driving or riding of motor vehicles
road: By extension, the path or route one takes; an effort
road: working for a short time in different places; "itinerant laborers"; "a road show"; "traveling salesman"; "touring company"