farm-to-marketadj.n.
/ˌfɑːmtəˈmɑːkɪt/, U.S. /ˌfɑrmtəˈmɑrkət/ U.S.
A. adj.
Designating a road or highway connecting a rural farming community with a town or city.
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1914 Escanaba (Mich.) Morning Press 14 Mar. The great question is, shall we build roads between towns or build farm-to-market roads. We want the latter.
2011 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 16 Nov. a5/2 I still must travel the farm-to-market two-lane roads to reach Monroe County from the south.
B. n.
A road or highway connecting a rural farming community with a town or city. Cf. farm road n. at farm n.2 Compounds 2.
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1936 Barron's 30 Mar. 4/3 The Government would spend over $1 billion altogether on roads (including WPA's farm-to-markets) in three years.
2004 P. Ruffin Castle in Gloom iii. 113 Travelers through Southeast Texas note even along major farm-to-markets a uniform bleakness to the land.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1914