Meaning

4 senses
  1. A major road in a town or village, or in a country area.

    Bundesstraße

    гла́вная доро́гаglávnaja doróga, магистра́льmagistrálʹ, больша́кbolʹšák

    a major road for any form of motor transport

  2. (Northeastern, UK, US)A major urban road, off which lead many smaller streets, many of them cul-de-sacs.

    Living near the main road means you hear a lot of traffic noise.

  3. (South Africa)High Street; Main Street

  4. A priority road; a road where entering traffic must yield right of way.

    Vorfahrtsstraße

Examples

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  1. He has a store on the main road.

    deEr hat ein Geschäft an der Hauptstraße.

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  2. How far off the main road do you live?

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  3. The council were going to build a new cycle lane along the main road.

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  4. Head east from the main road.

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  5. Let's get back on the main road.

    ruДавай вернёмся на главную дорогу.

    deLasst uns zur Hauptstraße zurückkehren.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
major road in a town, village etc.:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
major road in a town, village etc.:
priority road:

Forms

plural: main roads
Singularmain road
Pluralmain roads

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a major road for any form of motor transport:highway

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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