road
/ɹod/ noun A2- A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
- Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle. · We travelled to the seaside by road.· This car really hugs the road.
- A physical way or route.
- A path chosen, as in life or career. · the road to happiness; the road to success.
- An underground tunnel in a mine.
- A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
- A hard, flat pitch, typically favourable for batters.
Plural roads
From the library
## Chapter IV The Road Through the Forest
After a few hours the road began to be rough, and the walking grew so difficult that the Scarecrow often stumbled over the yellow bricks, which were here very uneven.
She bade her friends good-bye, and again started along the road of yellow brick.
When she had gone several miles she thought she would stop to rest, and so climbed to the top of the fence beside the road and sat down.
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