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1 road
[rəud]1) (a strip of ground usually with a hard level surface for people, vehicles etc to travel on: This road takes you past the school; ( also adjective) road safety.) vegur2) ((often abbreviated to Rd when written) used in the names of roads or streets: His address is 24 School Road.) -vegur, -gata3) (a route; the correct road(s) to follow in order to arrive somewhere: We'd better look at the map because I'm not sure of the road.) leið, vegur4) (a way that leads to something: the road to peace; He's on the road to ruin.) leið•- road map
- roadside
- roadway
- roadworks
- roadworthy
- roadworthiness
- by road -
2 highway
noun (a road, especially a large or main road.) þjóðvegur; aðalvegur -
3 overpass
(a bridge-like part of a road etc which passes over another road, a railway etc.) brú yfir veg/járnbrautarteina -
4 bypass
noun (a road which avoids an obstruction or a busy area: Take the bypass round the city.) hliðarbraut -
5 carriageway
noun (especially in Britain, the part of a road used by cars etc: The overturned bus blocked the whole carriageway.) akbraut -
6 catgut
noun (a kind of cord made from the intestines of sheep etc, used for violin strings etc.) girni(a small, thick piece of glass fixed in the surface of a road to reflect light and guide drivers at night.) -
7 clearway
noun (a stretch of road on which motorists are forbidden to stop.) vegarspotti sem bannað er að stöðva á -
8 crossing
1) (a place where a road etc may be crossed: a pedestrian-crossing; a level-crossing.) gangbraut2) (a journey over the sea: I was seasick as it was a very rough crossing.) sigling, sjóferð -
9 crossroads
noun singular (a place where two or more roads cross or meet: At the crossroads we'll have to decide which road to take.) gatnamót, vegamót -
10 cutting
1) (a piece of plant cut off and replanted to form another plant.) afleggjari, græðlingur2) (an article cut out from a newspaper etc: She collects cuttings about the Royal Family.) úrklippur3) (a trench dug through a hillside etc, in which a railway, road etc is built.) gröftur eða skurður -
11 diversion
1) (an alteration to a traffic route: There's a diversion at the end of the road.) beining í aðra átt2) ((an act of) diverting attention.) leiða athygli burt frá e-u3) ((an) amusement.) skemmtun, afþreying -
12 driving licence
noun (a licence for driving a road vehicle.) -
13 flyover
noun (a road etc which is built up so as to cross above another: a flyover across the motorway.) vegbrú -
14 goods
1) (objects etc for sale, products: leather goods.) vörur2) (articles sent by rail, not road, sea or air: This station is for passengers and goods; ( also adjective) a goods train/station.) (lestar)farmur -
15 gutter
(a channel for carrying away water, especially at the edge of a road or roof: The gutters are flooded with water.) ræsi -
16 highroad
noun (a main road.) þjóð-/aðalvegur -
17 junction
(a place at which things (eg railway lines) join: a railway junction; There was an accident at the junction of Park Road and School Lane.) vegamót -
18 making
noun (the process of producing or forming something: glassmaking; ( also adjective) the road-making industry.) framleiðsla -
19 manhole
noun (a hole (usually in the middle of a road or pavement) through which someone may go to inspect sewers etc.) op að holræsi -
20 mirage
(an illusion of an area of water in the desert or on a road etc.) hillingar, tíbrá
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