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Noun road has 2 senses
  1. road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
    --1 is a kind of anchorage, anchorage ground; way; anchorage, anchorage ground; way
    --1 has parts:
     bend, curve; crown, crest; intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing, carrefour; roadbed; shoulder, berm; traffic circle, circle, rotary, roundabout; turnaround; turnout, widening
     --1 has substances: pavement, paving
    --1 has particulars:
     access road, slip road; bypass, circumferential, ring road; byway, bypath, byroad; causeway; clearway; corduroy; detour, roundabout way; drive, parkway; driveway, drive, private road; highway, main road; line, railway line, rail line; post road; roadway; shortcut, cutoff, crosscut; side road; skid road; speedway; thoroughfare; track, cart track, cartroad; turnoff
  2. road - a way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame"
    --2 is a kind of     means, agency, way; means, agency, way
    --2 has particulars: royal road
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