Meaning

2 senses
  1. A relatively narrow road which runs alongside a major transportation route, such as a canal, a railway line, or a controlled-access highway.

  2. A route which enters or circulates through an institution, compound, land area, etc. for purposes of private access, maintenance, or security.

More definitions
  • a local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I drove on the forest service road.

  2. Ziri wasn't on a service road.

  3. Ziri wasn't on any service road.

  4. Janos came to a service road.

Forms

plural: service roads
Singularservice road
Pluralservice roads

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
road alongside a major transportation route:frontage roadparallel road
road which enters or circulates through a defined area:access roaddriveway
Close in meaning
  • a local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property:frontage road

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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