roadbed
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɹoʊdˌbɛd/
Noun
roadbed (plural roadbeds)
- The prepared location for a road, including its foundation.
- A trackbed.
- Holonym: right of way
- 1960 February, “Swansea & Mumbles closure”, in Trains Illustrated, page 95:
- The roadbed, much of it fringing Swansea Bay, has been given free to the local authorities.
References
- “roadbed”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.