Road means: A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. As a place or proper-name reference it is purely descriptive.
road
A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions.
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BlueskyMay 2026
American Truck Simulator's 1.59 update is now live, giving users a new Tow to Road feature, two additional route advisor widgets, and more🚛🎮 simulationdaily.com/news/america...
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BlueskyMay 2026
Road work on SR 512 WB from MP 12 near SR 167 to MP 10.9 near E Pioneer beginning at 8:58 am on May 5, 2026 until about 10:00 am. View on map
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BlueskyMay 2026
A Philadelphia Carwash’s Road to Recovery After an ICE Raid https://www.wsj.com/us-news/a-philad...
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BlueskyMay 2026
road to affiliate! interior worlds! one of my favorite exploration games! (predebut vtuber!) www.twitch.tv/ryuko_channn
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BlueskyMay 2026
Recorre Jordania con un road trip por sus lugares más destacados. El mejor viaje con una ruta en coche de 9 días por el país de los Nabateos
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
Origin: From , rade, from , from , from , from . , acquired from . Cognates include West Frisian reed (paved trail/road, driveway). The current primary meaning of "street, way for traveling" originated relatively late — Shakespeare seemed to expect his audiences to find it unfamiliar — and probably arose through reinterpretation of a way for riding on as saying way twice, in other words as a tautological compound. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
For parents
Road means: A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. As a place or proper-name reference it is purely descriptive.
For ESL learners
road means: A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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UK
#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(dated) A physical way or route.
the road to happiness; the road to success.
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“Updated: M60 (AC) J2 to J1 - Road Traffic Collision - Moderate Delays - One lane closed - Incident Details”
— Bluesky· May 2026“ADHD Meds Hi , my wife has just been diagnosed with ADHD and prescribed vyvanse, she's really paranoid about road side testing has anyone got any advice on this ?will it come up as her being on drugs ?She got a letter from her GP stating she's on this drug will this be enough?”
— r/AskAnAustralian· May 2026“When biking, what feet do you start with? So let's say you're at a red light, you have one foot on the ground and one foot ready to push. What foot do you start to push with? Extra question: Are you right or left handed. I'm trying to see if our "dominant" foot on a bike is linked to our dominant hand, or to the side of the road we drive on.”
— r/AskUK· May 2026“What are some real American folk songs that everyday people actually know? I'm from slavik country. I’m not looking for pop hits or national anthems. I want to hear the songs that ordinary Americans might sing around a campfire, or on a road trip, or that your grandparents knew. What would you recommend?”
— r/AskAnAmerican· Apr 2026“Do you say “Punch Buggy” or “Slug Bug”? All my life, when playing the game of hitting someone when seeing a Volkswagen Beetle on the road, I said “slug bug”, and so did everyone around me. But in the last couple of years, I’ve heard “punch buggy.” Especially since I got a VW of my own.”
— r/AskAnAmerican· Apr 2026
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UK
#3·Apr 27, 2026UK
(uncountable) Roads in general as a means of travel, especially by motor vehicle.
We travelled to the seaside by road.
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“American Truck Simulator's 1.59 update is now live, giving users a new Tow to Road feature, two additional route advisor widgets, and more🚛🎮 simulationdaily.com/news/america...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Road work on SR 512 WB from MP 12 near SR 167 to MP 10.9 near E Pioneer beginning at 8:58 am on May 5, 2026 until about 10:00 am. View on map”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A Philadelphia Carwash’s Road to Recovery After an ICE Raid https://www.wsj.com/us-news/a-philad...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“road to affiliate! interior worlds! one of my favorite exploration games! (predebut vtuber!) www.twitch.tv/ryuko_channn”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Recorre Jordania con un road trip por sus lugares más destacados. El mejor viaje con una ruta en coche de 9 días por el país de los Nabateos”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Why is this section here?
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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(urbanism, pejorative, chiefly, US, and, Canada) A combination of a street and a road that is too wide and fast to be friendly to pedestrians while having too many intersections and driveways to move cars efficiently.