road
1. an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation (Freq. 94)
• Syn:
route
• Derivationally related forms:
route (for: route)
• Hypernyms:
way
• Hyponyms:
access road, slip road, byway, bypath, byroad,
causeway, clearway, corduroy, detour, roundabout way, drive,
parkway, driveway, private road, highway, main road, line,
railway line, rail line, post road, roadway, shortcut, cutoff,
crosscut, side road, skid road, speedway, thoroughfare, track,
cart track, cartroad, turnoff
• Substance Meronyms:
pavement, paving
• Part Meronyms:
bend, curve, crown, crest, intersection,
crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour, roadbed, shoulder,
berm, traffic circle, circle, rotary, roundabout, turnaround,
turnout, widening
2. a way or means to achieve something (Freq. 2)
- the road to fame
• Hypernyms:
means, agency, way
• Hyponyms:
royal road
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