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ROADBED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does roadbed mean?
• ROADBED (noun)
The noun ROADBED has 1 sense:
1. a bed supporting a road
Familiarity information: ROADBED used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bed supporting a road
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("roadbed" is a kind of...):
bed (a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track)
Meronyms (parts of "roadbed"):
safety island; safety isle; safety zone; traffic island (a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians)
Holonyms ("roadbed" is a part of...):
road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)
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