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back roads

back roads is the plural of back road.

Meaning of back road

Noun

back road (plural back roads)

  1. A 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.

Questions about back roads

What is back roads the plural of?
Back roads is the plural of back road.

Words near back roads in the dictionary

  1. back projection
  2. back projections
  3. back rank
  4. back ranks
  5. back road
  6. back roads
  7. back room
  8. back rooms
  9. back row
  10. back rows
  11. back rub

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