service road

serv·ice road

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [sur-vis rohd]
- /ˈsɜr vɪs roʊd/
- /ˈsɜːvɪs rəʊd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sur-vis rohd]
- /ˈsɜr vɪs roʊd/

Definitions of service road words

noun service road frontage road. 1
noun service road a relatively narrow road running parallel to a main road and providing access to houses, shops, offices, factories, etc, situated along its length 0

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Origin of service road

First appearance:

before 1935

One of the 8% newest English words

First recorded in 1935-40

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Parts of speech for Service road

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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service road popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

service road usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for service road

noun service road

bypath — a little-used path or track, esp in the country
byway — A byway is a small road which is not used by many cars or people.
circumbendibus — a circumlocution
circumnavigation — to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.
detour — If you make a detour on a journey, you go by a route which is not the shortest way, because you want to avoid something such as a traffic jam, or because there is something you want to do on the way.

All 5 Synonyms of service road