back road
A secondary road, a little-used road, a road through rural areas sometimes used as an…A secondary road, a little-used road, a road through rural areas sometimes used as an alternative to main roads.
» Her house stands back from the road.
Meaning
1 sensesA secondary road, a little-used road, a road through rural areas sometimes used as an alternative to main roads.
There was too much traffic on the highway, so I used a back road. It was very scenic, but I had to keep the speed down.
Nebenstraße, Seitenstraße
Examples
22 sentencesHer house stands back from the road.
We should be back on the road soon.
We took a back road to avoid the heavy traffic.
ruМы поехали просёлочной дорогой, чтобы избежать интенсивного движения. — sharptoothed
deWir nahmen eine Nebenstraße, um dem dichten Verkehr auszuweichen. — Esperantostern
It feels good to be back on the road again.
To avoid being caught by the police, Tom drove on back roads.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
plural: back roads| Singular | back road |
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