Words / B1

RINGR-ohd/ˈrɪŋ rəʊd/

A ring road (id: ring-road) is a road that circles a town so through-traffic can skip the centre (UK). US beltway or loop. A bypass usually skips one town on a longer route; a ring road goes round. Collocation: take the ring road; the inner / outer ring road. Countable.

Meaning

A road that goes around a town so through-traffic can avoid the centre (UK).

Examples

• “Take the ring road if you want to miss the high-street traffic.”
• “Satnav wanted the high street, but the ring road was faster at five o’clock.”
• “New houses are going up just outside the ring road, near the retail park.”

Good to know

a ring road (UK). US: a beltway. Contrast: a bypass. take the ring road.

Near in meaning

beltway

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