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stroads

stroads is the plural of stroad.

Meaning of stroad

Noun

stroad (plural stroads)

  1. (Canada, US, derogatory, urban studies) A combination of a street and a road that is too wide and fast to be friendly to pedestrians while having too many intersections and driveways to move cars efficiently.
    • While Marohn came up with the neologism partly in a spirit of fun, he considers stroads a deadly serious problem. Not only are they dangerous and aesthetically repugnant, he argues that they are economically destructive as well.2014 January 7, Sarah Goodyear, “Defining the Worst Type of Street Design”, in CityLab, Bloomberg

Questions about stroads

What is stroads the plural of?
Stroads is the plural of stroad.

Words near stroads in the dictionary

  1. strixes
  2. Strizivojna
  3. striæ
  4. STRNY
  5. stroad
  6. stroads
  7. stroady
  8. stroak
  9. stroake
  10. stroaked
  11. stroaketh

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