Road Definition

rōd
roads
noun
roads
An open, generally public way for the passage of vehicles, people, and animals.
American Heritage
A way made for traveling between places, esp. distant places, by automobile, horseback, etc.; highway.
Webster's New World
The surface of a road; a roadbed.
American Heritage
A way; path; course.
The road to fortune.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
adjective
Designating or having to do with a game or games played on another team's field, court, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
down the road
  • In the future; at a later date.
American Heritage
on the road
  • On tour, as a theatrical company.
  • Traveling, especially as a salesperson.
American Heritage
down the road
  • at a later time; in the future
Webster's New World
on the road
  • traveling, esp. as a salesman
  • on tour
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one for the road
  • a last alcoholic drink before leaving
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Road

Noun

Singular:
road
Plural:
roads

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Road

Origin of Road

  • From Old English rād (“riding, hostile incursion"), from Proto-Germanic *raidō (“a ride, road"), from Proto-Indo-European *reidh- (“to ride"). Cognate to West Frisian reed (unpaved road).

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English rode, rade a riding, road from Old English rād reidh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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