relief roadnoun [ C ]
uk/rɪˈliːf ˌrəʊd/us/rɪˈliːf ˌroʊd/UKa road that drivers can use to avoid driving on a very busy main road
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Roads: rural & suburban
- back road
- beltway
- bypass
- byway
- dirt road
- feeder
- highway
- main road
- orbital road
- rat run
- service road
- stock route
- the highways and byways idiom
- thoroughfare
- through route
- throughway
- thruway
- trunk road
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