tortuous road

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• tortuous — [[t]tɔ͟ː(r)tʃuəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A tortuous road is full of bends and twists. The only road access is a tortuous mountain route. Syn: winding 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A tortuous process or piece of writing is very long and… …   English dictionary

• tortuous, torturous —    Tortuous means winding and circuitous ( The road wound tortuously through the mountains ). When used figuratively it usually suggests crookedness or deviousness ( a tortuous tax evasion scheme ). The word is thus better avoided if all you mean …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• tortuous, torturous —    Tortuous means winding and circuitous ( The road wound tortuously through the mountains ). When used figuratively it usually suggests crookedness or deviousness ( a tortuous tax evasion scheme ). The word is thus better avoided if all you mean …   Dictionary of troublesome word

• tortuous — tor|tu|ous [ˈto:tʃuəs US ˈto:r ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: tortueux, from Latin tortuosus, from tortus; TORTURE1] 1.) a tortuous path, stream, road etc has a lot of bends in it and is therefore difficult to travel along ▪ a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• tortuous — adjective 1 a tortuous path, stream, road etc has a lot of bends in it and is therefore difficult to travel along: a tortuous path over the mountains to Kandahar 2 complicated and long and therefore confusing: The book begins with a long,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• tortuous —  , torturous  Tortuous means winding and circuitous ( The road wound tortuously through the mountains ). When used figuratively it usually suggests deviousness ( a tortuous tax avoidance scheme ). The word is thus better avoided if all you mean… …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

• A470 road — UK road routebox caption= Gabalfa flyover at the interchange with the A48 in Cardiff road= A470 length mi= length km= direction= South North start= Cardiff Bay destinations= Cardiff Merthyr Tydfil Brecon Builth Wells Dolgellau end= Llandudno… …   Wikipedia

• Brownsville Road — is a road in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It has had several names over its history, and was also known at the Red Stone Road and the Brownsville Plank Road , or Southern Anenue .Pre history and Eighteenth CenturyThe road follows the route of… …   Wikipedia

• JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium