Byroad
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noun.
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A side-road; a cross-road; a road different from the usual or main highway.
noun.
A private or secret way; a private means to an end: as, “slippery
by-roads
,”
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
A private or obscure road.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A
road
less
frequented
than a
highway
; a
byway
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)
Word Usage
"One is taking a stroll down a critterly byroad and another isspeculating about the evolution of the gnome-phobic, fantasy-avoiding editor."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
road
route
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
kloof
kop
mail carrier
malignance
mercilessness
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
byway