English

Adjective

roadside ‎(not comparable)

1. Located next to (beside) a road.

   The roadside stand did a good business just selling products to people who merely wanted directions.

   • 2013, Nicholas Watt and Nick Hopkins, Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles (in The Guardian, 1 May 2013)

     David Cameron has said the government will "look carefully" at the use of heavily armoured vehicles after three British soldiers were killed in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb while travelling in a Mastiff troop carrier.

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

Derived terms

• roadside hawk

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