noun
Meaning 1
A major road in a town or village, or in a country area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
main road
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noun
Meaning 2
A major urban road, off which lead many smaller streets, many of them cul-de-sacs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northeastern, UK, US
Examples
- Living near the main road means you hear a lot of traffic noise.
Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 3
High Street; Main Street
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: South-Africa
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noun
Meaning 4
A priority road; a road where entering traffic must yield right of way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
a major road for any form of motor transport
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: highway
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: road, route
Narrower terms: arterial road, beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway, divided highway, dual carriageway, expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway, highroad, trunk road, interstate, interstate highway, Appian Way, Flaminian Way
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: hoofweg — major road in a town, village etc.
- Arabic: طَرِيق رَئِيسِيّ (ṭarīq raʔīsiyy) — major road in a town, village etc.
- Chinese Mandarin: 主路 (zhǔlù) — major road in a town, village etc.
- Chinese Mandarin: 主要街道 (zhǔyào jiēdào) — major road in a town, village etc.
- Chinese Mandarin: 大街 (dàjiē) — major road in a town, village etc.
- Chinese Mandarin: 幹道 /干道 (gàndào) — major road in a town, village etc.
- Chinese Mandarin: 大路 (dàlù) — major road in a town, village etc.
- Chinese Mandarin: 主幹道 /主干道 (zhǔgàndào) — major road in a town, village etc.
- Chinese Mandarin: 主要道路 (zhǔyào dàolù) — major road in a town, village etc.
- Chinese Mandarin: 交通要道 (jiāotōng yàodào) — major road in a town, village etc.
- Czech: hlavní silnice — major road in a town, village etc.
- Dutch: hoofdweg — major road in a town, village etc.
- Finnish: päätie — major road in a town, village etc.
- French: rue principale — major road in a town, village etc.
- French: grande rue — major road in a town, village etc.
- West-Frisian: haadwei — major road in a town, village etc.
- German: Bundesstraße — major road in a town, village etc.
- Hungarian: főút — major road in a town, village etc.
- Icelandic: aðalleið — major road in a town, village etc.
- Indonesian: jalan raya — major road in a town, village etc.
- Lao: ທາງຫຼວງ (thāng lūang) — major road in a town, village etc.
- Māori: ara matua — major road in a town, village etc.
- Norwegian Bokmål: hovedvei — major road in a town, village etc.
- Norwegian Bokmål: hovedveg — major road in a town, village etc.
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hovudveg — major road in a town, village etc.
- Old English: hēafodweġ — major road in a town, village etc.
- Polish: główna droga — major road in a town, village etc.
- Russian: гла́вная доро́га (glávnaja doróga) — major road in a town, village etc.
- Russian: магистра́ль (magistrálʹ) — major road in a town, village etc.
- Russian: больша́к (bolʹšák) — major road in a town, village etc.
- Spanish: carretera principal — major road in a town, village etc.
- Finnish: etuajo-oikeutettu tie — priority road
- German: Vorfahrtsstraße — priority road
- Indonesian: jalan utama — priority road
- Norwegian Bokmål: forkjørsvei — priority road
- Norwegian Bokmål: forkjørselsvei — priority road
- Polish: droga z pierwszeństwem — priority road
- Swedish: huvudled — priority road
- Swedish: väg med förkörsrätt — priority road