roadside

[rohd-sahyd]

noun

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

adjective

1. on or near the side of a road.

Word History and Origins

Origin of roadside¹

First recorded in 1705–15; road + side ¹

Example Sentences

"My family found me unconscious on the roadside," she recalls.

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The marines said they were responding to gunfire after a roadside bomb went off, killing one of their squad members, and injuring two others.

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Fifty-six years ago today I was a nauseous pregnant bride in a Las Vegas roadside wedding chapel with Francis and eight members of our families.

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With cash use falling, they might be expected to disappear - a roadside relic as we all pull onto the technology superhighway.

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On the road rising to the Pyrenees, we stop at a posada, a roadside inn where strings of chorizo and peppers hang like wind chimes above the bar.

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