Roadway
/ˈɹoʊdˌweɪ/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A way used as a road.
"On the south side of the two running lines is a second goods store, reached by a roadway along the south side of the station. This roadway also acts as a terminus for all provincial bus services from Limerick."
- 2 a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel wordnet
- 3 The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
- 4 The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic.
Example
More examples"As our vehicle leaves the ground and plunges over the edge of the cliff toward the valley floor, I ponder whether it is possible that one might allege I am guilty of an act of moral failure, having failed to maintain a proper course along the roadway."
Etymology
From Middle English *rodeway, *radewey (attested in radewey-stile (literally “roadway-stile”)), equivalent to road + way; road had the early sense of "riding" when the compound was formed, thus originally "a way for riding on".