road

Road is defined as a path, course or space for traveling between places.

(noun)

An example of a road is a highway.

The definition of road, in sports, is being played on another team's home field.

(adjective)

An example of road used as an adjective is in the phrase "road team," which means the team whose home base is at another location.

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See road in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a way made for traveling between places, esp. distant places, by automobile, horseback, etc.; highway
  2. a way; path; course: the road to fortune
  3. ☆ railroad
  4. roadstead

Origin: ME rode, a riding < OE rad, a ride, traveling on horseback, way; akin to ridan, to ride

adjective

Sports designating a game or having to do with games played on another team's field, court, etc.: a road trip

See road in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. Abbr. Rd. An open, generally public way for the passage of vehicles, people, and animals.
    b. The surface of a road; a roadbed.
  2. A course or path: the road to riches.
  3. A railroad.
  4. Nautical A roadstead. Often used in the plural.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English rode, rade, a riding, road

Origin: , from Old English rād; see reidh- in Indo-European roots

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