MAIN ROAD

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A major road for any form of motor transport

Synonyms:

highway; main road

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("main road" is a kind of...):

road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)

Meronyms (parts of "main road"):

interchange (a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams)

traffic lane (a lane of a main road that is defined by painted lines)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "main road"):

arterial road (a major or main route)

beltway; bypass; ring road; ringway (a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center)

divided highway; dual carriageway (a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions)

interstate; interstate highway (one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States)

Instance hyponyms:

Appian Way (an ancient Roman road in Italy extending south from Rome to Brindisi; begun in 312 BC)

Flaminian Way (an ancient Roman road in Italy built by Gaius Flaminius in 220 BC; extends north from Rome to cisalpine Gaul)