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road service

road service noun: a service provided by a vehicle, such as a bus, along roads, as opposed to a rail service, a service by train.

Noun

road service (plural road services)

  1. A service provided by a vehicle, such as a bus, along roads, as opposed to a rail service, a service by train.
    • Unfortunately, even in the palmiest days of the old Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway Company, passengers were few and far between at Troutbeck, and since the advent of the motor bus road services they are rarer than ever, and never likely to increase.1951 October, “Notes and News: The Harmonium at Troutbeck”, in Railway Magazine, page 709

Forms of road service

pluralroad services

Questions about road service

What does road service mean?
Road service means a service provided by a vehicle, such as a bus, along roads, as opposed to a rail service, a service by train.
What part of speech is road service?
Road service is a noun.
What is the plural of road service?
The plural of road service is road services.

Words near road service in the dictionary

  1. road rollers
  2. road running
  3. road salt
  4. road scraper
  5. road scrapers
  6. road service
  7. road services
  8. road shower
  9. road showers
  10. road sign
  11. road signs

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