roadside Definition
road·side (-sīd′)
noun
the side of a road
adjective
on or at the side of a road a roadside park
roadside Usage Examples
Converse of object
- line: Hundreds of flowers still line the roadside at the spot where the accident happened and candles are lit there each evening.
- see: We saw a roadside Woodcock Orchid Ophrys scolopax and had a fine view of a Short-toed Eagle flying over.
- include: This will include a national roadside 48 and 96 sheet poster campaign with special builds to achieve maximum impact.
- leave: Wearing my office clothes also prevented me from leaving the roadside to see the stone from the back.
- estimate: The method of estimating future benzene roadside and background concentrations is similar to that used for calculating exceedances of the 5 ppb standard.
Converse of subject
- see: Approaching the outskirts of Mo Bay, some good birds were seen by the roadside.
- perch: One of the most spectacular birds of the morning, tho, was a stunning Crane Hawk perched by the roadside.
- abandon: Handcuffed hippies were led away, crying children separated from their parents, lost dogs and vehicles abandoned by the roadside.
Adjective modifier
busy: Their loading bay was often obstructed by builders skips and other debris, forcing large articulated trucks to park on the busy roadside.
Modifies a noun
- verge: Roadside verges were also looking very dry around the island.
- bomb: Last weekend saw two more soldiers killed in a roadside bomb attack, bringing the total number of British fatalities in Iraq to 111.
- billboard: In Nambia a USAID sponsored roadside billboard read Speed kills, condoms save.
- assistance: Cover level: Roadside assistance, local recovery & doorstep.
- ditch: A number of the gullies drain into roadside ditches which, in general, are not our responsibility to maintain.
- birding: From 11:00 till 17:00 drive toward Sinharaja Forest, with several roadside birding stop.
Noun used with modifier
- emergency: Uses to decide offers emergency roadside assistance often in california.
- hour: For hour roadside stocks plus in software is available.
- offer: Uses to decide offers emergency roadside assistance often in california.
- authority: The costs calculated for the local authority roadside testing, at between around £ 70 and £ 90 per vehicle.
Preposition: in
area: Cattle & livestock drinking troughs Found in fields and at roadsides in the country areas.
Browse dictionary entries near roadside
- ‹ roadshow
- ‹ roadrunner
- ‹ roadkill
- ‹ roadie
- ‹ roadhouse
- ‹ roadblock
- ‹ roadbed
- ‹ roadability
- ‹ road warrior
- ‹ road test

