/rəʊd/
Translation
A long, hard path that cars and people use to travel from one place to another.
Word origin
From Old English rad, meaning a ride or a journey, later coming to mean the path you travel on.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- rad
Grammar
Examples
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"Road" means the path that cars travel on.
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Here "road" is the path you must cross with care.
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"Roads" is the plural, meaning more than one road.
A "road" is a hard path made for cars and people to travel along. It usually joins one place to another.
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