Definition of Roadside

1. Noun. Edge of a way or road or path. "Flowers along the wayside"

Exact synonyms: Wayside
Generic synonyms: Edge
Group relationships: Way

Definition of Roadside

1. n. Land adjoining a road or highway; the part of a road or highway that borders the traveled part. Also used ajectively.

Definition of Roadside

1. Adjective. Located next to (beside) a road. ¹

2. Noun. The area on either side of a road. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roadside

1. the area along the side of a road [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roadside

roadmasters
roadmen
roadmender
roadmenders
roadmending
roadometer
roadometers
roadrunner
roadrunners
roads
roadshow
roadshowed
roadshowing
roadshown
roadshows
roadside (current term)
roadside bomb
roadside hawk
roadside hawks
roadside thistle
roadside thistles
roadsides
roadsman
roadsmen
roadstead
roadsteads
roadster
roadsters
roadstone
roadstones

Literary usage of Roadside

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report by Illinois Highway Commission (1913)
"''I have always been struck with the prejudice of Illinois people against trees along the roadside." says Dean Davenport. ..."

2. Insect Life: An Introduction to Nature-study and a Guide for Teachers by John Henry Comstock (1901)
"roadside LIFE. ''OR the careful collector of insects, a country roadside is always a fruitful field. Here live all the insects described in the preceding ..."

3. Landscape Gardening as Applied to Home Decoration by Samuel Taylor Maynard (1899)
"roadside Improvement. lu the rush and hurry to gain wealth or fame we Americans often ... Perhaps the first and most important consideration in roadside ..."

4. The Preservation of Open Spaces, and of Footpaths and Other Rights of Way by Robert Hunter (1902)
"No one passing through a rural district can fail to observe many spots where there is a double hedge by the roadside The present hedge is close to the ..."

5. Transactions by Massachusetts Horticultural Society (1902)
"The annual reports of the Chairmen of the Committees on Native Plants, Arrangements, Lectures and Publication, Forestry and roadside Improvement, ..."

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