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back road en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbæk ˌɹəʊd/ (UK)
  • /ˈbæk ˌɹoʊd/ (US)

Meanings

  1. A secondary road, a little-used road, a road through rural areas sometimes used as an alternative to main roads.
    • There was too much traffic on the highway, so I used a back road. It was very scenic, but I had to keep the speed down.
    • I knew it all. I knew every back road and every truck stop. 1988, R.E.M., “Orange Crush”, in Green:

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Translations (8)

de Nebenstraße (a secondary road, a little used road) · id jalan tikus (a secondary road, a little used road) · fi sivutie (a secondary road, a little used road) · fi takatie (a secondary road, a little used road) · is vegur fjarri alfaraleið (a secondary road, a little used road) · fi pikkutie (a secondary road, a little used road) · is hliðarvegur (a secondary road, a little used road) · de Seitenstraße (a secondary road, a little used road)