road·side

(rōd′sīd′)

The area bordering on the side of a road.

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roadside

(ˈrəʊdˌsaɪd)

a. the area at the edge of a road

b. (as modifier): roadside diners.

2. (as modifier): roadside diners.

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road•side

(ˈroʊdˌsaɪd)

n.

1. the side or border of the road; wayside.

adj.

2. on or near the side of a road.

[1705–15]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

roadside - edge of a way or road or path; "flowers along the wayside"

wayside

edge - the outside limit of an object or area or surface; a place farthest away from the center of something; "the edge of the leaf is wavy"; "she sat on the edge of the bed"; "the water's edge"

way - any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"

roadside

noun kerb, verge, hard shoulder He was forced to leave the car at the roadside.

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Translations

جانِب الطَّريق

okraj silniceu silnice

vejside

Straßenrand

κράσπεδο

bord de la route

út menti

vegarbrún

sulla strada

langs veien rabatt veikant

обочина

yol kenarı

路边

roadside

[ˈrəʊdsaɪd]

A. N → borde m de la carretera, orilla f del camino (LAm)

B. CPD → de carretera
roadside inn N → fonda f de carretera
roadside repairs NPL → reparaciones fpl al borde de la carretera
roadside restaurant N (US) → café-restaurante m (de carretera)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

roadside

[ˈrəʊdsaɪd]

n → bord m de la route, bas-côté m
by the roadside → au bord de la route
at the roadside → au bord de la route

modif [restaurant, café, motel] → situé(e) au bord de la route; [sign, checks] → en bord de route
roadside repairs → dépannage m sur la routeroad sign n (showing speed limit, warning) → panneau m de signalisation; (giving directions) → panneau m indicateurroad surface n → chaussée froad sweeper roadsweeper [ˈrəʊdswiːpə^r] n

(= person) → balayeur/euse m/f

(= vehicle) → balayeuse froad tax n (British) → taxe f sur les véhicules à moteurroad test n → essai m sur routeroad-test [ˈrəʊdtɛst] vt
They are road-testing the car tomorrow → Ils vont faire les essais sur route demain.road traffic n → circulation f routièreroad user road-user n → usager m de la route

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

roadside

[ˈrəʊdˌsaɪd] n → ciglio della strada
by the roadside → a lato della strada

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

road

(rəud) noun

1. a strip of ground usually with a hard level surface for people, vehicles etc to travel on. This road takes you past the school; (also adjective) road safety.

2. (often abbreviated to Rd when written) used in the names of roads or streets. His address is 24 School Road.

3. a route; the correct road(s) to follow in order to arrive somewhere. We'd better look at the map because I'm not sure of the road.

4. a way that leads to something. the road to peace; He's on the road to ruin.

ˈroadblock noun

a barrier put across a road (eg by the police) in order to stop or slow down traffic. to set up a roadblock.

road map

a map showing the roads of (part of) a country.

ˈroadside noun

the ground beside a road. flowers growing by the roadside; (also adjective) a roadside café.

ˈroadway noun

the part of a road on which cars etc travel. Don't walk on the roadway.

ˈroadworks noun plural

the building or repairing of a road. The traffic was held up by the roadworks.

ˈroadworthy adjective

good enough or safe to be used on the road. Is this car roadworthy?

ˈroadworthiness noun

by road

in a lorry, car etc. We'll send the furniture by road rather than by rail; We came by road.

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By the roadside he sat down on a log and began to talk about God.

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His legs were stiff and awkward, for there were no knee-joints in them; so that presently he bumped against Jack Pumpkinhead and sent that personage tumbling upon the moss that lined the roadside. Tip became alarmed at this accident, as well as at the persistence of the Saw-Horse in prancing around in a circle; so he called out:

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A WALNUT TREE standing by the roadside bore an abundant crop of fruit.

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Two Footpads sat at their grog in a roadside resort, comparing the evening's adventures.

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At noon they sat down by the roadside, near a little brook, and Dorothy opened her basket and got out some bread.

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"Next day they found a wooden Saw-Horse standing by the roadside, and sprinkled it with the Powder.

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I was out this morning, and on the edge of the small wood, I came upon the body of a child by the roadside. At first, I thought she was dead, and while examining her, I noticed on her neck some marks that looked like those of teeth."

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"Who would have expected such a rise in the river in summer-time!" said Marian, from the top of the roadside bank on which they had climbed, and were maintaining a precarious footing in the hope of creeping along its slope till they were past the pool.

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As that gentleman happened at the moment to be staring me squarely in the face as I stood by the roadside it was not altogether clear whether he was addressing me or his beasts; nor could I say if they were named Fuddy and Duddy and were both subjects of the imperative verb "to gee-up." Anyhow the command produced no effect on us, and the queer little man removed his eyes from mine long enough to spear Fuddy and Duddy alternately with a long pole, remarking, quietly but with feeling: "Dern your skin," as if they enjoyed that integument in common.

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Over the hedge on one side we looked into a plowed field, and on the other we looked over a gate at our master's house, which stood by the roadside; at the top of the meadow was a grove of fir trees, and at the bottom a running brook overhung by a steep bank.

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They are the good Samaritans that find us robbed of all our dreams by the roadside of life, bleeding and weeping and desolate; and such is their skill and wealth and goodness of heart, that they not only heal up our wounds, but restore to us the lost property of our dreams, on one condition,--that we never travel with them again in the daylight.

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Sometimes in our walks we come across a charred round patch upon the grass in some quiet nook by the roadside, and we know the tinkers have been there, and can imagine all sorts of stories about them.

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