Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A road, especially the part over which vehicles travel.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A highway; a road; particularly, the part of a road used by horses, carriages, etc.; the road-bed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A road; especially, the part traveled by vehicles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
way used as aroad . - noun The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
- noun The portion of a
bridge orrailway used bytraffic .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel
Etymologies
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Examples
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The roadway is dismal and in disrepair over much of the drive but the scenery is so magnificent it hardly matters.
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The roadway is dismal and in disrepair over much of the drive but the scenery is so magnificent it hardly matters.
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Mining limestone for use in roadway construction and agriculture continues, with additional acreage carved out each year.
SubTropolis, U.S.A. 2010
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The roadway is dismal and in disrepair over much of the drive but the scenery is so magnificent it hardly matters.
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Mining limestone for use in roadway construction and agriculture continues, with additional acreage carved out each year.
SubTropolis, U.S.A. 2010
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The roadway is dismal and in disrepair over much of the drive but the scenery is so magnificent it hardly matters.
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The roadway is dismal and in disrepair over much of the drive but the scenery is so magnificent it hardly matters.
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One winter morning I drove down the steep mountain roadway leading from my home.
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Mining limestone for use in roadway construction and agriculture continues, with additional acreage carved out each year.
SubTropolis, U.S.A. 2010
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The roadway is dismal and in disrepair over much of the drive but the scenery is so magnificent it hardly matters.
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