: 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
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Throw the medium-sized bag in the backseat and load it up with corn and the season’s best tiny blueberries during impromptu stops at roadside farm stands, or grab a small version for a cute purse.
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Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Bartlett eventually lost control, crashed into a roadside palm tree and the Cadillac rolled down an embankment.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Instead, the roadside attraction HGTV selected as Arizona's most fascinating is lesser-known (but still just as cool).
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Police officers set up a roadside checkpoint on 14th Street NW on August 13, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
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Liz Provencher, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Bartlett eventually lost control, crashed into a roadside palm tree and the Cadillac rolled down an embankment.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Instead, the roadside attraction HGTV selected as Arizona's most fascinating is lesser-known (but still just as cool).
—Olivia Rose, AZCentral.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Police officers set up a roadside checkpoint on 14th Street NW on August 13, 2025, in Washington, D.C.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for roadside
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“Roadside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roadside. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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