roadway

[rohd-wey]

noun

1. the land over which a road is built; a road together with the land at its edge.

2. the part of a road over which vehicles travel; road.

roadway

/ ˈrəʊdˌweɪ /

noun

1. the surface of a road

2. the part of a road that is used by vehicles

Word History and Origins

Origin of roadway¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; road + way ¹

Example Sentences

The report said that one artillery round “failed to clear the roadway and detonated midflight near Interstate 5 southbound. After the failed round, the exercise was terminated and no additional munitions were fired.”

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He added that the Israeli military had deployed booby-trapped armored assault vehicles, which inflicted damage not only to structures above ground but also to water wells, underground piping and sewage pumps, not to mention roadways.

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At least part of the blame, he insisted, lay with Stephen pulling into the path of an officer doing his job in a city with some of the country’s most dangerous roadways.

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“Southern California area has got a lot of challenges in terms of congestion on the roadway,” he said.

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The last major overhaul occurred ahead of the 1984 Olympics, when the Tom Bradley International Terminal was developed and the second-level roadway was created.

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