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  • 71road roller — noun vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements • Syn: ↑steamroller • Derivationally related forms: ↑steamroller (for: ↑steamroller) • Hypernyms: ↑vehicle …

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  • 72Road traffic in Denmark — * In Denmark all driving traffic must use right side lanes. * People using skateboards and rollerskates / blades are legally categorized as pedestrians and must use pavement. * Riding bikes on pavement is NOT allowed, but very common. * When… …

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  • 73road — [[t]roʊd[/t]] n. 1) a long, narrow stretch with a leveled or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc.; street or highway 2) a way or course: the road to peace[/ex] 3) naut. navig. Often, roads roadstead 4) railroad 1),… …

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  • 74road map — 1. a map designed for motorists, showing the principal cities and towns of a state or area, the chief roads, usually tourist attractions and places of historical interest, and the mileage from one place to another. 2. any plan or guide to show… …

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  • 75road roller — 1. a person who rolls roads. 2. any machine for rolling road materials flat. [1885 90] * * * …

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  • 76road — noun /ɹəʊd/ a) A way used for travelling between places, usually surfaced with asphalt or concrete. Modern roads, both rural and urban, are designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. There delivering their fraught, they… …

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  • 77the open road — any road that you can drive on for a long time without reaching a town …

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  • 78road show — 1. a show, as a play or musical comedy, performed by a touring group of actors. 2. an important motion picture, usually presented only twice daily on a reserved seat basis and at increased prices. 3. any traveling exhibit, as one promoting a… …

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  • 79Road — This interesting surname, chiefly found in Yorkshire and Lancashire, is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may be either a topographical name for someone who lived by a clearing in woodland, from the Olde English pre 7th Century rod , clearing, or a… …

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  • 80road pizza — n American any small creature that has been run over and flattened by a car. A sardonic witticism of the late 1980s. Compare pavement pizza …

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