: the strip of land along a road : the side of a road
roadside
adjective
Examples of roadside in a Sentence
a hamburger stand on the roadside
Recent Examples on the Web
Normally more than 1,000 visitors a day are taking in the view and having a meal at the popular roadside destination Nepenthe, according to its general manager, Kirk Gafill.
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Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
That’s the year the first edition of the Mobil Travel Guide—a handbook to roadside lodgings underwritten by Magnolia Oil (now part of Exxon Mobil) and covering the gas-station chain’s territory of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico—was published.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
Finding a roadside breadfruit tree is like spending a moment in Eden.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
Posters bearing politicians’ beaming faces were hastily pasted up on roadside billboards.
—Mady Camara, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
The plants have been found in Indiana's forested wetlands, fens, savannas and forests as well as long roadsides and in old crop fields.
—The Indianapolis Star, 19 Mar. 2024
Among these is a towering and weathered sign for a long-defunct roadside restaurant, one of the ghost-town relics of Route 66’s heyday, before an interstate left it in the dust.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
The couple looked to have been beaten up when local police found them late Friday by a roadside, Pitamber Singh Kherwar, superintendent of police in the state's Dumka district, told reporters Sunday.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024
South Floridians know that this humble roadside market is bursting with the best produce, from mangoes, bananas, and avocados, to rarer delights like passion fruit.
—Kara Franker, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2024
Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
That’s the year the first edition of the Mobil Travel Guide—a handbook to roadside lodgings underwritten by Magnolia Oil (now part of Exxon Mobil) and covering the gas-station chain’s territory of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico—was published.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
Finding a roadside breadfruit tree is like spending a moment in Eden.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
Posters bearing politicians’ beaming faces were hastily pasted up on roadside billboards.
—Mady Camara, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
The plants have been found in Indiana's forested wetlands, fens, savannas and forests as well as long roadsides and in old crop fields.
—The Indianapolis Star, 19 Mar. 2024
Among these is a towering and weathered sign for a long-defunct roadside restaurant, one of the ghost-town relics of Route 66’s heyday, before an interstate left it in the dust.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
The couple looked to have been beaten up when local police found them late Friday by a roadside, Pitamber Singh Kherwar, superintendent of police in the state's Dumka district, told reporters Sunday.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2024
South Floridians know that this humble roadside market is bursting with the best produce, from mangoes, bananas, and avocados, to rarer delights like passion fruit.
—Kara Franker, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1657, in the meaning defined above
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“Roadside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadside. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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roadside
1 of 2 noun
road·side
ˈrōd-ˌsīd
: the strip of land along a road : the side of a road
roadside
2 of 2 adjective
: located by the side of a road
roadside hamburger stand
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