road | a way or means to achieve something, the road to fame |
royal road | an auspicious way or means to achieve something, the royal road to success |
on the road on tour | travelling about, they took the show on the road, they lost all their games on the road |
slide glide coast | the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it, his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill, the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope |
away game road game | a game played away from home |
road show | a show on tour |
road construction | the construction of roads |
road rage | violence exhibited by drivers in traffic |
Hampton Roads | a naval battle of the American Civil War (), the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac |
access road slip road | a short road giving access to an expressway, in Britain they call an access road a slip road |
arterial road | a major or main route |
beltway bypass ring road ringway | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center |
bridle path bridle road | a path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars) |
driveway drive private road | a road leading up to a private house, they parked in the driveway |
frontage road service road | a local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property |
highroad trunk road | a highway |
highway main road | a major road for any form of motor transport |
local road local street | a street that is primarily used to gain access to the property bordering it |
post road | a road over which mail is carried |
road route | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation |
road map | a map showing roads (for automobile travel) |
road surface | the paved surface of a paved roadway |
side road | a minor road branching off of a main road |
skid road | a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled |
steamroller road roller | vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements |
turnpike toll road | an expressway on which tolls are collected |
road sense | good judgment in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road |
road test | a test to insure that a vehicle is roadworthy |
road map guideline | a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action, the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam |
coast | the area within view, the coast is clear |
road to Damascus | a sudden turning point in a person's life (similar to the sudden conversion of the Apostle Paul on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus of arrest Christians) |
United States Coast Guard U. S. Coast Guard US Coast Guard | an agency of the Department of Transportation responsible for patrolling shores and facilitating nautical commerce |
road gang | a gang of road workers |
Adelie Land Terre Adelie Adelie Coast | a costal region of Antarctica to the south of Australia, noted for its large colonies of penguins |
Barbary Coast | the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates |
Barbary Coast | a part of a city that is notorious for gambling dens and brothels and saloons and riotous night life (especially the waterfront of San Francisco after the gold rush of ), we'll tolerate no Barbary Coast in this city! |
roads roadstead | a partly sheltered anchorage |
gold coast | a rich neighborhood noted for expensive homes and luxurious living, usually along a coastal area, Chicago's gold coast is along Lake Michigan |
skid road | the district of a town frequented by loggers |
Silk Road | an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (, miles), followed by Marco Polo in the th century to reach Cathay |
Ivory Coast Cote d'Ivoire Republic of Cote d'Ivoire | a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa |
Ghana Republic of Ghana Gold Coast | a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea, Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British |
East Coast | the eastern seaboard of the United States (especially the strip between Boston and Washington D.C.) |
West Coast | the western seaboard of the United States from Washington to southern California |
Riverside | a city in southern California |
Atlantic Coast | a coast of the Atlantic Ocean |
coast | a slope down which sleds may coast, when it snowed they made a coast on the golf course |
Coast Range Coast Mountains | a string of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America from southeastern Alaska to Lower California |
Gulf Coast | a seashore of the Gulf of Mexico |
Hampton Roads | a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay |