English noun: road |
1. | road (artifact) an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation |
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| Synonyms | route |
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| Broader (hypernym) | way |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | access road, bypath, byroad, byway, cart track, cartroad, causeway, clearway, corduroy, crosscut, cutoff, detour, drive, drive, driveway, highway, line, main road, parkway, post road, private road, rail line, railway line, roadway, roundabout way, shortcut, side road, skid road, slip road, speedway, thoroughfare, track, turnoff |
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| Part holonym | bend, berm, carrefour, circle, crest, crossing, crossroad, crossway, crown, curve, intersection, roadbed, rotary, roundabout, shoulder, traffic circle, turnaround, turnout, widening |
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| Substance holonym | pavement, paving |
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2. | road (act) a way or means to achieve something |
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| Samples | The road to fame.
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| Broader (hypernym) | agency, means, way |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | royal road |
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