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ring road

ring road noun: a circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.

Noun

ring road (plural ring roads)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.
    • Underground stations were also slated for closure, and there were plans for massive ring roads to cater for the ever-growing numbers of people commuting into town by car. […] However, it soon dawned on politicians that this was unsustainable. Much of London would have had to be demolished to make...2025 September 3, Christian Wolmar, “9 to 5: The changing face of commuting”, in RAIL, number 1043, page 57

ring road meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Malay and Indonesian

ring road in Tamil

சுற்றுச் சாலை, வட்டச் சாலை, சுற்றுவட்டச் சாலை

ring road in Kannada

ಪಟ್ಟಣದ ಸುತ್ತಲೂ ಹಾದುಹೋಗುವ ಉಪಮಾರ್ಗ, ನಗರದ ಹೊರವಲಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಡಿದ ಮಾರ್ಗ, ಸುತ್ತು ರಸ್ತೆ, ವರ್ತುಲ ರಸ್ತೆ

ring road in Malay

highway
jalan lingkaran

ring road in Indonesian

highway
jalan lingkar

Synonyms of ring road

Forms of ring road

pluralring roads
alternative formringroad

Questions about ring road

What does ring road mean?
Ring road means a circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.
What is ring road in Tamil?
Ring road in Tamil is சுற்றுச் சாலை, வட்டச் சாலை, சுற்றுவட்டச் சாலை. See Ring road meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ring road?
Ring road is a noun.
What is the plural of ring road?
The plural of ring road is ring roads.

Words near ring road in the dictionary

  1. ring rat
  2. ring rats
  3. ring reinforcement
  4. ring reinforcements
  5. ring relievo
  6. ring road
  7. ring roads
  8. ring rot
  9. ring round
  10. ring shout
  11. ring shouts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ring road (page history and authors); ring road (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ring road (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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