Definition of Road

1. Noun. An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation.


2. Noun. A way or means to achieve something. "The road to fame"
Generic synonyms: Agency, Means, Way
Specialized synonyms: Royal Road

Definition of Road

1. n. A journey, or stage of a journey.

Definition of Road

1. an open way for public passage [n -S]

Medical Definition of Road

1. 1. A journey, or stage of a journey. "With easy roads he came to Leicester." (Shak) 2. An inroad; an invasion; a raid. 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) The word is generally applied to highways, and as a generic term it includes highway, street, and lane. 4. [Possibly akin to Icel. Reioi 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. "Now strike your saile, ye jolly mariners, For we be come unto a quiet rode [road]" (Spenser) On, or Upon, the road, traveling or passing over a road; coming or going; on the way. "My hat and wig will soon be here, They are upon the road." (Cowper) Road agent, a highwayman, especially on the stage routes of the unsettled western parts of the United States; a humorous euphemism. "The highway robber road agent he is quaintly called." (The century) Road book, a quidebook in respect to roads and distances. Road metal, the broken, stone used in macadamizing roads. Road roller, a heavy roller, or combinations of rollers, for making earth, macadam, or concrete roads smooth and compact. Often driven by steam. Road runner, the chaparral cock. Road steamer, a locomotive engine adapted to running on common roads. To go on the road, to engage in the business of a commercial traveler. To take the road, to begin or engage in traveling. To take to the road, to engage in robbery upon the highways. Synonym: Way, highway, street, lane, pathway, route, passage, course. See Way. Origin: AS. Rad a riding, that on which one rides or travels, a road, fr. Ridan to ride. See Ride, and cf. Raid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Road

RNP
RNS1 ribonuclease
RNS3 ribonuclease
Ro
ROA
roach
roach
roach-backed
roached
roaches
roaching
Roach clasp
roach clip
roach holder
road (current term)
road (current term)
road(a)
roadabilities
roadability
roadbed
roadbeds
roadblock
roadblocked
roadblocking
roadblocks
roadbook
roadeo
roadeos
roadhog
roadholding

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