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roadlet

roadlet noun: a small road.

Noun

roadlet (plural roadlets)

  1. (uncommon) A small road.
    • The hedgerows of this roadlet were adorned in all seasons but winter with luxuriant wild flowers. Its especial pride were its roses and foxgloves.1871 August, Annie Beale, “Katto and Her Coal-cart: A South Wales Sketch”, in Temple Bar, volume 33, page 74
    • Cooler yet where bursts a rill
      In the roadlet down the height,
      Like a naked beam of light,
      Or a mountain bather naked,
      Chilled by tourists overtaked.1899 [1870], George Alfred Townsend, “South Mountain”, in Poems of Men and Events, Gapland edition, E. F. Bonaventure, page 147

Forms of roadlet

pluralroadlets

Origin of roadlet

From road + -let.

Questions about roadlet

What does roadlet mean?
Roadlet means a small road.
What part of speech is roadlet?
Roadlet is a noun.
What is the plural of roadlet?
The plural of roadlet is roadlets.

Words near roadlet in the dictionary

  1. roadkill
  2. roadkilled
  3. roadkills
  4. roadless
  5. roadlessness
  6. roadlet
  7. roadlets
  8. Roadley
  9. Roadleys
  10. roadlike
  11. roadline

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