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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A road less frequented than a highway; a byway.
2. 2
   a side road little traveled (as in the countryside) wordnet

Synonyms

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back doorback stairsback waybypassbypathbyway

Example

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"Every Olympus has a byroad to its top."

Etymology

From by- + road.

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