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Definition of Road

Road
Road Road, n. [AS. r[=a]d a riding, that on which one rides or travels, a road, fr. r[=i]dan to ride. See Ride, and cf. Raid.] 1. A journey, or stage of a journey. [Obs.] With easy roads he came to Leicester. --Shak. 2. An inroad; an invasion; a raid. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. A place where one may ride; an open way or public passage for vehicles, persons, and animals; a track for travel, forming a means of communication between one city, town, or place, and another. The most villainous house in all the London road. --Shak. Note: The word is generally applied to highways, and as a generic term it includes highway, street, and lane. 4. [Possibly akin to Icel. rei[eth]i the rigging of a ship, E. ready.] A place where ships may ride at anchor at some distance from the shore; a roadstead; -- often in the plural; as, Hampton Roads. --Shak.

Meaning of Road from wikipedia

- A road is a thoroughfare used primarily for movement of traffic. Roads differ from streets, whose primary use is local access. They also differ from stroads...
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- On the Road is a 1957 novel by American writer Jack Kerouac, based on the travels of Kerouac and his friends across the United States. It is considered...
- Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 26 September 1969, by Apple Records. It is the last album the...
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- Look up road trip or road trips in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A road trip is a journey on roads. Road Trip, Road trip, or Roadtrip may also refer...
- 1000–1499 range. The roads listed below are all in the United States, primarily Louisiana, Texas, and Kentucky, though there are some roads in this range in...
- Autostrada in Italian). main roads or highways, in a system where roads are graded A, B and sometimes lower categories roads in a particular area or zone...