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road noun

  /rod/ , /ɹod/ , /ɹoʊd/ , /ɹəʊd/ , /ɾoːɖ/
  • A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. [from 16th c.]
 bóthar, slí
  • (figuratively) A path chosen, as in life or career. [from 17th c.]
  • (nautical, usually, in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor; a roadstead. [from 14th c.]
 slí bheatha
road map
léarscáil bhóithre, mapa bóithre, treochlár, plean oibre
Silk Road
Bóthar an tSíoda
Roman road
bóthar Rómhánach
ring road
bóthar cuarach, cuarbhóthar
slip road
sliosbhóthar
access road
bealach rochtana, bóthar rochtana
trunk road
mórbhóthar
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