"service road" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: service roads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} service road (plural service roads)
  1. A relatively narrow road which runs alongside a major transportation route, such as a canal, a railway line, or a controlled-access highway. Categories (topical): Roads Synonyms (road alongside a major transportation route): frontage road, parallel road
    Sense id: en-service_road-en-noun-RUt~oQzK Disambiguation of Roads: 56 44 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 65 35 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 58 42 Disambiguation of 'road alongside a major transportation route': 67 33
  2. A route which enters or circulates through an institution, compound, land area, etc. for purposes of private access, maintenance, or security. Synonyms (road which enters or circulates through a defined area): access road, driveway [US]
    Sense id: en-service_road-en-noun-m5k0KA29 Disambiguation of 'road which enters or circulates through a defined area': 31 69

Inflected forms

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