"road burn" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: road burns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} road burn (plural road burns)
  1. (colloquial) skin injury caused by abrasion with road surfaces Tags: colloquial Synonyms: road rash
    Sense id: en-road_burn-en-noun-yLR-H6yy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Injuries

Inflected forms

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