main road en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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A major road in a town or village, or in a country area.
Until the main road from Hatfield to Hertford was diverted a few years ago, heavy lorries trundling through the village sometimes knocked chunks off corner buildings, but now the village has regained much of its former tranquillity.
1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 224, about Hertingfordbury:
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(Northeastern, UK, US) A major urban road, off which lead many smaller streets, many of them cul-de-sacs.
The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:Living near the main road means you hear a lot of traffic noise.
- (South-Africa) High Street; Main Street
- (in some countries) A priority road; a road where entering traffic must yield right of way.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| main roads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (39)
de Vorfahrtsstraße (priority road) · nl hoofdweg (major road in a town, village etc.) · no forkjørselsvei (priority road) · ang hēafodweġ (major road in a town, village etc.) · fr grande rue (major road in a town, village etc.) · no forkjørsvei (priority road) · hu főút (major road in a town, village etc.) · ru гла́вная доро́га (major road in a town, village etc.) · id jalan raya (major road in a town, village etc.) · cmn 大路 (major road in a town, village etc.) · id jalan utama (priority road) · cmn 幹道 /干道 (major road in a town, village etc.) · fy haadwei (major road in a town, village etc.) · ar طَرِيق رَئِيسِيّ (major road in a town, village etc.) · is aðalleið (major road in a town, village etc.) · sv väg med förkörsrätt (priority road) · ru больша́к (major road in a town, village etc.) · lo ທາງຫຼວງ (major road in a town, village etc.) · mi ara matua (major road in a town, village etc.) · es carretera principal (major road in a town, village etc.) · cs hlavní silnice (major road in a town, village etc.) · nn hovudveg (major road in a town, village etc.) · cmn 交通要道 (major road in a town, village etc.) · nb hovedvei (major road in a town, village etc.) · ru магистра́ль (major road in a town, village etc.) · pl droga z pierwszeństwem (priority road) · cmn 主要道路 (major road in a town, village etc.) · fi etuajo-oikeutettu tie (priority road) · nb hovedveg (major road in a town, village etc.) · sv huvudled (priority road) · cmn 主路 (major road in a town, village etc.) · cmn 主幹道 /主干道 (major road in a town, village etc.) · cmn 大街 (major road in a town, village etc.) · af hoofweg (major road in a town, village etc.) · fi päätie (major road in a town, village etc.) · cmn 主要街道 (major road in a town, village etc.) · fr rue principale (major road in a town, village etc.) · de Bundesstraße (major road in a town, village etc.) · pl główna droga (major road in a town, village etc.)