"main road" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: main roads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} main road (plural main roads)
  1. A major road in a town or village, or in a country area. Translations (major road in a town, village etc.): hoofweg (Afrikaans), طَرِيق رَئِيسِيّ (ṭarīq raʔīsiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), 主路 (zhǔlù) (Chinese Mandarin), 主要街道 (zhǔyào jiēdào) (Chinese Mandarin), 大街 (dàjiē) (Chinese Mandarin), 幹道 /干道 (gàndào) (Chinese Mandarin), 大路 (dàlù) (Chinese Mandarin), 主幹道 /主干道 (zhǔgàndào) (Chinese Mandarin), 主要道路 (zhǔyào dàolù) (Chinese Mandarin), 交通要道 (jiāotōng yàodào) (Chinese Mandarin), hlavní silnice [feminine] (Czech), hoofdweg [masculine] (Dutch), päätie (Finnish), rue principale [feminine] (French), grande rue [feminine] (French), Bundesstraße [feminine] (German), főút (Hungarian), aðalleið [feminine] (Icelandic), jalan raya (Indonesian), ທາງຫຼວງ (thāng lūang) (Lao), ara matua (Maori), hovedvei [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hovedveg [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), hovudveg [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), hēafodweġ [masculine] (Old English), гла́вная доро́га (glávnaja doróga) [feminine] (Russian), магистра́ль (magistrálʹ) [feminine] (Russian), больша́к (bolʹšák) [dated, masculine] (Russian), carretera principal [feminine] (Spanish), haadwei [common-gender] (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-main_road-en-noun-i2mTbfHr Disambiguation of 'major road in a town, village etc.': 69 14 7 9
  2. (Northeastern US, UK) A major urban road, off which lead many smaller streets, many of them cul-de-sacs. Tags: Northeastern, UK, US
    Sense id: en-main_road-en-noun--UpfMuuM Categories (other): British English, Northeastern US English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 12 39 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 14 39 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 14 44 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 2 14 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 16 44 36 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 14 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 16 44 39
  3. (South Africa) High Street; Main Street Tags: South-Africa Categories (topical): Roads
    Sense id: en-main_road-en-noun-KJWJAwbA Disambiguation of Roads: 3 6 75 16 Categories (other): South African English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Lao translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with West Frisian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 12 39 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 14 39 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 14 44 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 2 16 54 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 2 16 53 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 2 16 52 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 2 14 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 2 17 50 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 16 44 36 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 14 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 2 18 47 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 2 16 54 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 2 18 48 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Lao translations: 2 15 50 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 3 18 51 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 2 16 54 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 2 17 51 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 1 16 56 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 2 17 51 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 1 14 64 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 16 44 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 1 17 46 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 1 15 56 27 Disambiguation of Terms with West Frisian translations: 1 14 66 20
  4. (in some countries) priority road; A road with entering traffic which must yield right of way Translations (priority road): etuajo-oikeutettu tie (Finnish), Vorfahrtsstraße (German), forkjørsvei (Norwegian (Bokmål)), forkjørselsvei (Norwegian (Bokmål)), huvudled (note: in Sweden) (Swedish), väg med förkörsrätt (english: Finland Swedish) (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-main_road-en-noun-fQLh~wDC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 12 39 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 1 8 39 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 14 39 43 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 14 44 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 2 14 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 16 44 36 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 2 14 42 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 16 44 39 Disambiguation of 'priority road': 3 7 20 70

Inflected forms

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      ],
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 7 20 70",
          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "priority road",
          "word": "etuajo-oikeutettu tie"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "priority road",
          "word": "Vorfahrtsstraße"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 7 20 70",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian (Bokmål)",
          "sense": "priority road",
          "word": "forkjørsvei"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 7 20 70",
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          "lang": "Norwegian (Bokmål)",
          "sense": "priority road",
          "word": "forkjørselsvei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 7 20 70",
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          "note": "in Sweden",
          "sense": "priority road",
          "word": "huvudled"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 7 20 70",
          "code": "sv",
          "english": "Finland Swedish",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "priority road",
          "word": "väg med förkörsrätt"
        }
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  "word": "main road"
}
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Lao translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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          "ref": "1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 224, about Hertingfordbury:",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "Living near the main road means you hear a lot of traffic noise.",
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          "ref": "1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "High Street; Main Street"
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        "priority road; A road with entering traffic which must yield right of way"
      ],
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        "(in some countries) priority road; A road with entering traffic which must yield right of way"
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        "in some countries"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "word": "hoofweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṭarīq raʔīsiyy",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "طَرِيق رَئِيسِيّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǔlù",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "word": "主路"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǔyào jiēdào",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "word": "主要街道"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàjiē",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "word": "大街"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gàndào",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "word": "幹道 /干道"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàlù",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "word": "大路"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǔgàndào",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "word": "主幹道 /主干道"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhǔyào dàolù",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "word": "主要道路"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiāotōng yàodào",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "word": "交通要道"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hlavní silnice"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hoofdweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "word": "päätie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rue principale"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grande rue"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Bundesstraße"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "word": "főút"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aðalleið"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "word": "jalan raya"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "thāng lūang",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "word": "ທາງຫຼວງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "word": "ara matua"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hovedvei"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hovedveg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hovudveg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hēafodweġ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glávnaja doróga",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гла́вная доро́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "magistrálʹ",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "магистра́ль"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bolʹšák",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "больша́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carretera principal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "major road in a town, village etc.",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "haadwei"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "priority road",
      "word": "etuajo-oikeutettu tie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "priority road",
      "word": "Vorfahrtsstraße"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian (Bokmål)",
      "sense": "priority road",
      "word": "forkjørsvei"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian (Bokmål)",
      "sense": "priority road",
      "word": "forkjørselsvei"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "note": "in Sweden",
      "sense": "priority road",
      "word": "huvudled"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "Finland Swedish",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "priority road",
      "word": "väg med förkörsrätt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "main road"
}

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