road

• Main Street
• alley
• alleyway
• arterial
• artery
• autobahn
• autoroute
• autostrada
• avenue
• backstreet
• beltway
• boulevard
• branch
• bypass
• bystreet
• byway
• carriageway
• causeway
• circle
• close
• corniche
• corridor
• crossroad
• cul-de-sac
• dead end
• drag
• drive
• dual carriageway
• el
• elevated
• elevated railroad
• expressway
• freeway
• high road
• high street
• highway
• interstate
• lane
• laneway
• mews
• monorail
• motorway
• parkway
• pass
• pike
• place
• rail
• railroad
• railway
• ring road
• roadway
• route
• row
• secondary road
• shunpike
• side road
• side street
• street
• superhighway
• switchback
• thoroughfare
• through street
• thruway
• trace
• track
• trail
• turnpike
• way

• barrier
• blockage
• dead end
• impasse
• obstruction
• off-road
• wilderness

• noun
  1. A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
  2. A road; or particularly a car, as a means of transportation.
  3. A path chosen in life or career.
  4. An underground tunnel in a mine.
  5. A railway or a single railway track.
  6. The act of riding on horseback.
  7. A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid.
  8. (often in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead.
  9. A journey, or stage of a journey.
  10. A way or route.
• adjective
  1. At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road.
  2. (Slang) Having attributes, primarily masculine, suggesting a tendency towards minor crime. Usually used by youths endearingly; glorifying crime.

• The road was closed due to construction.
• She walked along the road to reach the village.
• The highway is the main road connecting the two cities.
• They got lost on a narrow country road.
• The road ahead was slippery after the rain.

backstreet

rail

railroad

• el
• elevated
• elevated railroad
• elevated railway
• line
• metro
• monorail
• rail
• rail line
• railway
• road
• streetcar line
• subway
• tracks
• trolley line
• tube
• underground railway

rails

railway

• el
• elevated
• elevated railroad
• line
• monorail
• rail
• rail line
• railroad
• road
• track
• train line

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