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roadwork

roadwork noun: the construction or maintenance done to roads.

Noun

roadwork (countable and uncountable, plural roadworks)

  1. The construction or maintenance done to roads.
    • The traffic jam was caused by roadwork being done during rush hour.
  2. Exercise such as running and jogging done on the roads.
    • The athlete needed to get home early to do his roadwork before it got too dark to be safe.
  3. The taking of a band on the road to perform music in different locations.
    • […] the Beatles had resigned from roadwork in the summer of '66 (much like Brian Wilson)—their tour ending, appropriately enough, in the hippie utopia of San Francisco—and turned Abbey Road Studios into their very own musical sandbox […]2010, Will Romano, Mountains Come Out of the Sky

Forms of roadwork

pluralroadworks

Origin of roadwork

From road + work.

Questions about roadwork

What does roadwork mean?
Roadwork means the construction or maintenance done to roads.
What part of speech is roadwork?
Roadwork is a noun.
What is the plural of roadwork?
The plural of roadwork is roadworks.

Words near roadwork in the dictionary

  1. roadweeds
  2. roadwheel
  3. roadwheels
  4. roadwhore
  5. roadwise
  6. roadwork
  7. roadworker
  8. roadworkers
  9. roadworks
  10. roadworn
  11. roadworthiness

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