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roadwork en · NOUN

Etymology

From road + work.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The construction or maintenance done to roads.
   • The traffic jam was caused by roadwork being done during rush hour.
2. (countable, uncountable) Exercise such as running and jogging done on the roads.
   • The athlete needed to get home early to do his roadwork before it got too dark to be safe.
3. (countable, uncountable) The taking of a band on the road to perform music in different locations.
   • […] the Beatles had resigned from roadwork in the summer of '66 (much like Brian Wilson)—their tour ending, appropriately enough, in the hippie utopia of San Francisco—and turned Abbey Road Studios into their very own musical sandbox […] 2010, Will Romano, Mountains Come Out of the Sky:

Forms

Relateds

roadworker · roadworking

Translations (18)

nl wegwerkzaamheid (construction or maintenance done to roads) · fi tietyö (construction or maintenance done to roads) · cmn 路跑 (exercise done on roads) · pl ćwiczenie na drodze (exercise done on roads) · fr travaux sur la route (construction or maintenance done to roads) · ga deisiú bóthair (construction or maintenance done to roads) · fi keikkailu (taking of a band on the road) · sv vägarbete (construction or maintenance done to roads) · fi hölkkä (jogging) (exercise done on roads) · cs práce na silnici (construction or maintenance done to roads) · fr travaux publics (construction or maintenance done to roads) · pl roboty drogowe (construction or maintenance done to roads) · de Arbeitsstelle (construction or maintenance done to roads) · pl trasa koncertowa (taking of a band on the road) · fi lenkkeily (exercise done on roads) · cmn 巡迴演出 /巡回演出 (taking of a band on the road) · cmn 道路施工 (construction or maintenance done to roads) · fr travaux (construction or maintenance done to roads)