dirt road
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dirt road
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Investigating the smell, she ventured about 50 feet off the dirt road, toward heavy woods, where she peered into a tree-lined creek bed.
From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026
He and his wife, Angèle Bernadette Guèdègbé, live behind security walls in a three-story house on a dirt road where vendors hawk mangos, onions and gasoline.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
In the meantime, to get to work at the market, Rahesh must walk for two hours along a rutted dirt road between barren mountains before he can catch a ride.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
When a small lot near a popular trail overflows, cars quickly fill both sides of the narrow dirt road despite no-parking signs, said Seymour, the local resident.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
He drove them on a flat dirt road that led around the barn and behind it before heading straight up a slight incline, through an overgrown field, to another field.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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