road

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1 describing roads
2 vehicles on roads
3 people on foot
4 repairing and cleaning roads
see also TRAVEL, TRANSPORT

1 describing roads
- a way between places, with a hard surface, which cars, buses, etc can drive along: road
Is this the road for Charlbury? ◎ The government should spend more money on the roads. ◎ road safety
※—† big and important roads
- a big road which takes a lot of traffic: main road
- a main road between towns: road, (AmE highway)
a road map of Great Britain
- a wide road that is specially built for fast traffic: motorway (AmE freeway, expressway)
- a road like a motorway which has a fence or area of grass down the middle to separate the traffic going in different directions: dual carriageway (AmE divided highway)
- a road that traffic can use to go round a town instead of through it: bypass; when a road does this, it bypasses a town
- a road which is built all round a town: ring road (AmE beltway)
- a system of roads: road network
※—† where roads meet
- a place where roads join or meet: junction; a junction which forms the shape of a T: T-junction
- a place where two or more roads cross each other: crossroads; a place where two or more main roads or motorways cross each other: intersection
Turn left at the next crossroads.
- a circular area where several roads meet; you drive around it until you come to the exit you want: roundabout (AmE traffic circle)
- a place where one road joins or leads off from another: turning, turn-off
There's a turn-off on the right just after those trees.
- when a side road leaves a main road, it branches off
- a place where two roads meet: corner
Turn right at the corner of Queen Street.
※—† the shape of roads
- a place where a road turns to the left or to the right: bend, curve, corner; to do this: curve
a sharp bend ◎ The road curves to the left/right. ◎ a blind corner (= a bend where it is very difficult to see what is coming)
- a very sharp bend in a road: hairpin bend (AmE hairpin curve, hairpin turn)
- a road which does not bend in any direction is straight
※—† the sides of a road
- the inner part or edge of a road which is furthest from the centre: inside; the part nearest the centre: outside
A car drove past me on the inside.
- the edge of a road: roadside
I saw three hitch-hikers waiting by the roadside.
- a special place where vehicles can stop on the roadside: lay-by (AmE rest stop)
※—† motorways
- one of the two sides of a motorway or dual carriageway on which vehicles travel in one direction: carriageway; part of a carriageway for one line of traffic: lane
the northbound carriageway ◎ a six-lane motorway
- a lane for slow traffic: slow lane, inside lane; for fast traffic: fast lane, outside lane
- a narrow strip of road at the side of a motorway where cars are allowed to stop in an emergency: (BrE) hard shoulder
- a fence on a motorway, etc that keeps vehicles apart: crash barrier
- an area of land between two carriageways on a motorway, etc: (central) reservation (AmE median)
- a road that leads onto or off a motorway: slip road, (especially AmE) access road
- a place where you can drive onto or off a motorway: junction
We have to turn off at junction 16.
- a type of bridge that carries one road over another: flyover (AmE overpass)
※—† small roads
- a way across a piece of land that is made or used by people walking: path, footpath
- a path or rough road: track
- a narrow road in the country: lane, alley
- a road which leads from a main road and is less important or busy: side road, minor road
※—† roads in towns
- a road in a town, etc that has shops, houses, etc on one or both sides: street
- the main street of a town, especially as a name: high street (AmE main street)
- a narrow or less important street that usually joins a main road: side street
- a wide street, especially one with trees or tall buildings on each side: avenue
- a narrow street between buildings: lane
- a street that is closed at one end: cul-de-sac; if a street does not continue any further, you reach a dead end
- a street along which cars can only travel in one direction: one-way street
- a private road or path that leads to a house: drive, driveway
- a path at the side of a road that is for people to walk on: pavement (AmE sidewalk)
- a line of stones that form the edge of a pavement where it joins the road: kerb, (especially AmE) curb
- a channel between the road and the pavement that carries away rainwater: gutter
- a raised area in the middle of the road that you can stand on when you are crossing: (traffic) island (AmE safety zone)
※—† bridges, etc
- a structure that carries a road across a river, valley, road, railway, etc: bridge
- a bridge where people who are on foot can cross a road: footbridge
- a passage under the ground, under the sea, etc: tunnel
The road went through a tunnel under the mountains.
- a road that goes under another road, railway, etc: underpass
- a place where a railway line crosses a road: level crossing (AmE grade crossing)
- a shallow place in a river where cars can drive through: ford; to use a ford: ford sth
※ more on bridges BRIDGE
※—† the surface of a road
- the thick, black, sticky material from petroleum that is used on the surface of roads: tar (noun U), tarmac (noun U)
- special rounded stones that cover the surface of (old) streets: cobbles, cobblestones; a street that is covered with cobblestones is cobbled
- a piece of stone used for a path or pavement: paving stone
- a road that is difficult to drive on because it is wet, icy, etc is slippery
- ice on the road that is very slippery and black in colour: black ice (noun U)
- a road that has a lot of raised parts in it is bumpy; a raised part in a road: bump
a bumpy track ◎ We hit a bump.
- a hole in the surface of a road: pothole
- a road that is flat, with no bumps, is smooth
- if a road is blocked and you cannot travel on it, it is impassable
The heavy snow has made the roads impassable.
※—† lights and road signs
- a sign that tells drivers where to go, what to do, what not to do, etc: road sign, traffic sign
- a sign with two or three coloured lights used for controlling traffic at road junctions: traffic lights (noun plural) (AmE stoplight)
- a sign at the roadside that gives information about directions and distances to towns, etc: signpost
Did you see the signpost for Bristol?
- the lights on a street: street lights
- a tall pole with a light on top, often placed on a pavement: lamp-post
- a special spot in the road that shines in a car's headlights at night: (BrE) catseye
- painted marks on the road surface that show drivers where to go, etc: road markings

2 vehicles on roads
- to go somewhere in a car: drive*
- a person who is driving a car or other vehicle: driver; a person who drives a car: motorist
- the money that you have to pay to drive on some roads or bridges: toll
※ more on driving DRIVE
- all the cars, lorries, buses, bicycles, etc using the roads: traffic (noun U)
heavy traffic ◎ I'm not driving to town today; I can't face all that traffic. ◎ traffic police (= policemen and women who control the traffic)
- a road where there is a lot of traffic is busy; opposite: quiet
- a road with so many vehicles that cars are stopped or are moving slowly is congested; noun (U): congestion
the problem of traffic congestion
- if there is no congestion, the road is clear
It was Sunday and the roads were fairly clear.
- to stop and leave a car, lorry, etc somewhere for some time: park (sth); the action of doing this: parking (noun U)
- a person whose job is to check that cars are not parked in the wrong place: traffic warden
- a barrier put across the road by the police or the army to stop traffic: roadblock
- to stop traffic from coming down a road: block sth off, close sth

3 people on foot
- to go somewhere without using a vehicle: go* on foot
- a person who is walking in the street: pedestrian
- to go from one side of a road to another on foot: cross the road
Please be careful crossing the road!
- a place where pedestrians can cross the road: (pedestrian) crossing, zebra crossing, pelican crossing (AmE crosswalk)
- a man/woman whose job is to help schoolchildren to cross roads: lollipop man/woman

4 repairing and cleaning roads
- the work of building or repairing roads; the place where a road is being repaired: roadworks (noun plural)
Sorry I'm late. I was held up by the roadworks on the M25.
- a plastic, (usually orange and white) pointed object that marks off an area where there are roadworks: cone
- a vehicle that clears snow off roads: snowplough (AmE snowplow)
- small pieces of stone that are put on the road in icy weather: grit; to put grit on the road: grit the road
- a person whose job is to clean roads: road cleaner, road sweeper