Kilo Lingo

road

/rəʊd/

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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

Gender
Pluralroads

Examples

drove .

"Road" means the path that cars travel on.

cross .

Here "road" is the path you must cross with care.

narrow .

"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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