ROAD

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A way or means to achieve something

Example:

the road to fame

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

agency; means; way (thing or person that acts to produce a particular effect or achieve an end)

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

royal road (an auspicious way or means to achieve something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

Synonyms:

road; route

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

way (any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another)

Meronyms (parts of "road"):

turnaround (an area sufficiently large for a vehicle to turn around)

circle; rotary; roundabout; traffic circle (a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

turnout; widening (a part of a road that has been widened to allow cars to pass or park)

berm; shoulder (a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road)

roadbed (a bed supporting a road)

carrefour; crossing; crossroad; crossway; intersection (a junction where one street or road crosses another)

crest; crown (the center of a cambered road)

bend; curve (curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.))

Meronyms (substance of "road"):

pavement; paving (the paved surface of a thoroughfare)

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

turnoff (a side road where you can turn off)

cart track; cartroad; track (any road or path affording passage especially a rough one)

thoroughfare (a public road from one place to another)

speedway (road where high speed driving is allowed)

skid road (a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled)

side road (a minor road branching off of a main road)

crosscut; cutoff; shortcut (a route shorter than the usual one)

roadway (a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel)

post road (a road over which mail is carried)

line; rail line; railway line (the road consisting of railroad track and roadbed)

highway; main road (a major road for any form of motor transport)

drive; driveway; private road (a road leading up to a private house)

drive; parkway (a wide scenic road planted with trees)

detour; roundabout way (a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked))

corduroy (a road made of logs laid crosswise)

clearway (a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown))

causeway (a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand)

bypath; byroad; byway (a side road little traveled (as in the countryside))

access road; slip road (a short road giving access to an expressway)

Credits

Context examples:

I got, that Sunday, through three-and-twenty miles on the straight road, though not very easily, for I was new to that kind of toil.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

But, to the Lion's surprise, he could make no impression on the tin, although the Woodman fell over in the road and lay still.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

No more road in mine, thank you kindly.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This year you have an open road, so you can shop to your heart’s content.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

"They grow on this road, Meg, so do combs and brown straw hats."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

On the way to town, hanging around the saloon at the cross-roads, were three dogs that made a practice of rushing out upon him when he went by.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

We could see the other side of the road and the Park.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A taxicab was waiting at the end of the road, so I sprang into it and drove down to the office.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A junction where one street or road crosses another.

(Intersection, NCI Thesaurus)

“We’re on the side road to Godstone and Warlingham,” said my uncle.