dirt road

American  

noun

1. an unpaved road.

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dirt road British  

noun

1. an unsealed country road

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Etymology

Origin of dirt road

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

Maggie was in her uncle’s old blue two-tone F-150, and the truck could handle the rough dirt road, not that the bison were giving her much choice.

From Literature

We take off down the curvy dirt road that leads to the highway.

From Literature

The van headlights shine on a deer grazing next to the dirt road that led to Sandy June’s on my previous couple of visits.

From Literature

At their home, a large one-story villa off a dirt road leading to the town’s main street, Scott introduces me to a lifestyle designed to promote wellness.

From Slate

Through the drab streets of barracks we went, past the bunkers, through the maze of barbed-wire compounds and enclosures, and at last onto the rough dirt road through the woods down which we had stumbled that rainy night in June.

From Literature