"ring road" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-ring road.ogg [Australia] Forms: ring roads [plural], ringroad [alternative]
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  1. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, UK) A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, UK Synonyms: beltway [US], orbital motorway Translations (highway): околовръстен път (okolovrăsten păt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ronda [feminine] (Catalan), 環路 /环路 (huánlù) (Chinese Mandarin), 繞城公路 /绕城公路 (ràochéng gōnglù) (Chinese Mandarin), okruh [inanimate, masculine] (Czech), ceintuurbaan [feminine] (Dutch), ring [masculine] (Dutch), ringweg [masculine] (Dutch), kehätie (Finnish), périphérique [masculine] (French), ring [masculine] (French), rocade [feminine] (French), route de ceinture [feminine] (French), voie de ceinture [feminine] (French), boulevard de ceinture [masculine] (French), Ringstraße [feminine] (German), Umgehungsstraße [feminine] (German), περιφερειακός δρόμος (perifereiakós drómos) [masculine] (Greek), körgyűrű (Hungarian), jalan lingkar (Indonesian), cuarbhóthar [masculine] (Irish), bóthar cuarach [masculine] (Irish), circonvallazione [feminine] (Italian), 環状道路 (kanjō dōro) (Japanese), 순환선 (sunhwanseon) (alt: 循環線) (Korean), lankstas (Lithuanian), обиколница (obikolnica) [feminine] (Macedonian), jalan lingkaran (Malay), ringvei [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ringvei [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), obwodnica [feminine] (Polish), anel rodoviário [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), contorno [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), circular [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), circunvalação [Portugal, feminine] (Portuguese), centură [feminine] (Romanian), кольцева́я доро́га (kolʹcevája doróga) [feminine, inanimate] (Russian), окружна́я доро́га (okružnája doróga) [feminine, inanimate] (Russian), кольцева́я (kolʹcevája) [feminine, inanimate] (Russian), окружна́я (okružnája) [feminine, inanimate] (Russian), circunvalación [feminine] (Spanish), ringväg [common-gender] (Swedish), ringled [common-gender] (Swedish), кільцева́ доро́га (kilʹcevá doróha) [feminine, inanimate] (Ukrainian), кільцева́ (kilʹcevá) [feminine, inanimate] (Ukrainian), cylchffordd [feminine] (Welsh)

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        "A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "circumferential",
          "circumferential"
        ],
        [
          "highway",
          "highway"
        ],
        [
          "conurbation",
          "conurbation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Australia, New Zealand, UK) A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "US"
          ],
          "word": "beltway"
        },
        {
          "word": "orbital motorway"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-ring road.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/75/En-au-ring_road.ogg/En-au-ring_road.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/En-au-ring_road.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "okolovrăsten păt",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "околовръстен път"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ronda"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "huánlù",
      "sense": "highway",
      "word": "環路 /环路"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "ràochéng gōnglù",
      "sense": "highway",
      "word": "繞城公路 /绕城公路"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "okruh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ceintuurbaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ring"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ringweg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "highway",
      "word": "kehätie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "périphérique"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ring"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rocade"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "route de ceinture"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voie de ceinture"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "boulevard de ceinture"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ringstraße"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Umgehungsstraße"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "perifereiakós drómos",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "περιφερειακός δρόμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "highway",
      "word": "körgyűrű"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "highway",
      "word": "jalan lingkar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuarbhóthar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "lang_code": "ga",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bóthar cuarach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circonvallazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "kanjō dōro",
      "sense": "highway",
      "word": "環状道路"
    },
    {
      "alt": "循環線",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "sunhwanseon",
      "sense": "highway",
      "word": "순환선"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "lang_code": "lt",
      "sense": "highway",
      "word": "lankstas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "obikolnica",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обиколница"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "sense": "highway",
      "word": "jalan lingkaran"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ringvei"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "lang_code": "nn",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ringvei"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obwodnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anel rodoviário"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "contorno"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circular"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circunvalação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "centură"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "kolʹcevája doróga",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "inanimate"
      ],
      "word": "кольцева́я доро́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "okružnája doróga",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "inanimate"
      ],
      "word": "окружна́я доро́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "kolʹcevája",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "inanimate"
      ],
      "word": "кольцева́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "okružnája",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "inanimate"
      ],
      "word": "окружна́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "circunvalación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ringväg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ringled"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "kilʹcevá doróha",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "inanimate"
      ],
      "word": "кільцева́ доро́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "kilʹcevá",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "inanimate"
      ],
      "word": "кільцева́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "lang_code": "cy",
      "sense": "highway",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cylchffordd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ring road"
}

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