road sign

[ rohd sahyn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a sign posted over or next to a road or highway, as to guide or caution motorists, indicate speed limits or distances, advertise nearby services, etc.:
A road sign showed 150 km to Paris.
We passed a road sign indicating construction ahead.

First recorded in 1810–20

Sure enough, just before the exit ramp, there was a road sign announcing Erick as the hometown of Roger Miller.

She was arrested for a DUI when she was pulled over for running into a road sign.

No matter what she said or did, it was an obvious fact that the hidden road sign directions pointed to this farm.

At times he turned the swiveled searchlight upon a road-sign and evoked a glistening play of silver on the trees.

Ah, and another item, that road sign with the busted spoke has been replaced.

The answer occurred to him in the form of a road-sign for the Polynesian hotel.

Jo Ann pointed to another road sign indicating that the speed limit was 80 miles.

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