Collocations withroad
These are words often used in combination withroad.
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arterial road
It was bought by one of his predecessors with the idea of incorporating it in an arterial road.
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asphalt road
An asphalt road network connects the larger population centers.
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bumpy road
Hiking in the energy landscape in sequence space : a bumpy road to good folders.
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busy road
They check before crossing a busy road.
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feeder road
It is an important feeder road to those ports and beyond.
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flooded road
One person died after being swept away along a flooded road.
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four-lane road
It is a double railway bridge, with a four-lane road above it.
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gravel road
The two settlements are linked by a gravel road across the mountain ridge.
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logging road
The site was at the edge of an old logging road, and thus exposed to more severe insolation.
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long road
It is a long road.
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narrow road
It is a narrow road.
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nearest road
The line shows the mean monkey density in relation to distance from the nearest road.
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one-way road
However, this is a one-way road, since the converse is not true.
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paved road
Approximately two-thirds have electricity but only about 20 per cent have access with a paved road.
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perimeter road
A factor in the accident was the absence of a sign identifying the perimeter road.
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pit road
There is no separate pit road.
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plank road
Hemlock logs were used to build the plank road.
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road bike
The road bike engines were changed to dry sump lubrication.
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road builder
A road builder, if convenient and if he finds it financially desirable, can ignore part of the assessment.
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road closure
My constituents who have been affected by the road closure have been patient.
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road improvement
Our perennial problem is the allocation of the money we have for road improvement to wherever it will do the most good.
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road widening
The road widening works are nearly completed.
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rough road
And despite the possible affinity between the more heavily privatized structure of these nations' systems and market-based reforms, pro-competitive reform legislation has faced a rough road.
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side road
Easily ignored from the street, it is on a side road off a main thoroughfare.
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straight road
Consider the phenomenon of perspective, as seen for example when standing on a long straight road that stretches to the horizon in a straight line in opposite directions.
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stretch of road
I am considering improvements at various points on this stretch of road.
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tarmac road
That airstrip is not more than a tarmac road.
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two-lane road
A "trunk road" in my constituency can mean a two-lane road.
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unpaved road
For the rural patient, who may live 20 miles down an unpaved road and 70, 80, or hundreds of miles from the hospital, the consequences can be devastating.
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winding road
It has been a very winding road.
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