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Look up: road

  1. road
    [n] - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation 2. [n] - a way or means to achieve something
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. road
    Specially constructed route for wheeled vehicles to travel on. Reinforced tracks became necessary with the invention of wheeled vehicles in about 3000 BC and most ancient civilizations had some form...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  3. Road
    Slang: Localised area, alternative to 'from the streets' -Usage: 'Kano is big on road' - Other terms Endz, yard
    Found on http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_br

  4. road
    all fuels used in road vehicles(including military)as well as agricultural and industrial highway use.Excludes motor gasoline used in stationary engines,and diesel oil for use in tractors that are not for highway use Category: Statistics
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  5. Road
    Road noun [ Anglo-Saxon rād a riding, that on which one rides or travels, a road, from rīdan to ride. See Ride , and confer Raid .] 1. A journey, or stage of a journey. [ Obsolete] « With easy roads he came to Leicester.» Shak. 2. An inroad; an invasion; a raid. [ Obsolete] Spenser. 3. A place ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/87

  6. road
    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 i ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. road
    route noun an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. road
    noun a way or means to achieve something; `the road to fame`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. road
    a human-made feature of the land that facilitates the movement of people and goods from one place to another
    Found on http://www3.newberry.org/k12maps/glossar

  10. Road
    • (n.) An inroad; an invasion; a raid. • (n.) A journey, or stage of a journey. • (n.) 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. • (n.) A place where ships may ride at anchor at ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. road
    the traveled way on which people, animals, or wheeled vehicles move. In modern usage the term road describes a rural, lesser traveled way, while the ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/r/55

  12. road
    road, strip of land used for transportation. The history of roads has been related to the centralizing of populations in powerful cities, which the roads have served for military purposes and for trade, the collection of supplies, and tribute. In the Middle East, in N Mesopotamia, scientists have fo...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08420


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