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roadside

UK/ˈɹəʊdsaɪd//ˈɹoʊdsaɪd/

roadside adjective: located beside a road (or railway).

Adjective

roadside (not comparable)

  1. (attributive) Located beside a road (or railway).
    • The roadside stand did a good business just selling products to people who merely wanted directions.
    • I was rather impressed with the neat and tidy appearance of these roadside stations, many of which had their name boards painted in the blue and white colours of the Scottish Region.1950 January, Arthur F. Beckenham, “With British Railways to the Far North”, in Railway Magazine, pages 5–6

Noun

roadside (plural roadsides)

  1. The area on either side of a road.
    • I pulled over to the roadside to check the map.
    Synonyms:
    side of the road

roadside meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Vietnamese and Myanmar

roadside in Tamil

சாலை ஓரம், சாலையோரம், சாலையோர

roadside in Tagalog

area on either side of a road
tabindaan, baybay-daan

roadside in Vietnamese

area on either side of a road
rệ đường

roadside in Myanmar

area on either side of a road
လမ်းဘေး lam:bhe:

Examples of roadside in a sentence

  • Typically refers to a multi-layered work, e.g.: new ads covering old on a roadside sign.
  • Common green corridors include railway embankments, river banks and roadside grass verges.
  • The antitipping laws will introduce fines for leaving goods by the roadside.

All 40 example sentences with roadside

Synonyms of roadside

  • side of the road

Forms of roadside

pluralroadsides

Origin of roadside

From road + -side.

Words formed from roadside

Phrases with roadside

Questions about roadside

What does roadside mean?
Roadside means located beside a road (or railway).
What is roadside in Tamil?
Roadside in Tamil is சாலை ஓரம், சாலையோரம், சாலையோர. See Roadside meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is roadside?
Roadside can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce roadside?
Roadside is pronounced /ˈɹəʊdsaɪd/ (UK).

Words near roadside in the dictionary

  1. roadshow
  2. roadshowed
  3. roadshowing
  4. roadshown
  5. roadshows
  6. roadside
  7. roadside assist
  8. roadside bomb
  9. roadside bombs
  10. roadside hawk
  11. roadside hawks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: roadside (page history and authors); roadside (Tamil 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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