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roadway en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹoʊdˌweɪ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English *rodeway, *radewey (attested in radewey-stile (literally “roadway-stile”)), equivalent to road + way; road had the early sense of "riding" when the compound was formed, thus originally "a way for riding on".

Meanings

1. A way used as a road.
   • It’s a dip of fewer than 150 deaths from highs reached in 2021, when the agency recorded the largest quarterly spike in its history of tracking roadway fatalities. 2023 April 20, Gregory Wallace, “Roadway deaths level off after pandemic spike, but remain high”, in CNN:
   • On the south side of the two running lines is a second goods store, reached by a roadway along the south side of the station. This roadway also acts as a terminus for all provincial bus services from Limerick. 1958 May 14, W. J. South and L. Hyland, “Limerick as a Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, pages 297-298:
   • Morning commuters in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas discovered slick sidewalks and icy roadways Monday. 2024 January 21, Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, “Icy conditions make for hazardous travel across central US, but warmer air is on the horizon”, in CNN:
2. The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
3. The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic.

Forms

Relateds

permanent way · right of way · sidewalk · verge · trailway · pavement

Translations (46)

uk проїзна́ части́на (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · eu errepide (way used as road) · ext calçá (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · gl estrada (way used as road) · nb veibane (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · ta சாலை (way used as road) · fr chaussée (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · fi ajoväylä (way used as road) · wa pavêye (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · de Fahrbahn (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · pt faixa de rodagem (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · da kørebane (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · nb kjørebane (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · id jalur (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · de Straßendamm (portion of bridge/railway used by traffic) · bg платно (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · sv körbana (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · sh kolnik (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · gl calzada (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · it carreggiata (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · es carretera (way used as road) · tr yol şeridi (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · nl rijbaan (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · wa tchåsseye (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · ta ரோடு (way used as road) · hy երթևեկելի մաս (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · mk коловоз (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · ca calçada (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · af ryweg (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · es calzada (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · pl szosa (way used as road) · ru проезжая часть (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · eo veturejo (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · sv vägbana (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · io choseo (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · de Straße (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · wa levêye (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · uk проїжджа частина (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · eu galtzada (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · hu úttest (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · ca carretera (way used as road) · pt estrada (way used as road) · pl jezdnia (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · tr yolun ortası (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · fi ajorata (main or central portion of a road used by the vehicles) · pl jezdnia (portion of bridge/railway used by traffic)