Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arterial road

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: ar-te-ri-al road
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A major thoroughfare, particularly one used to provide a large capacity for travelling some distance. (In American English, such roads are often classified as highways (either secondary highways or limited-access highways).

Example Sentences

"The road, narrow and in poor repair, was almost deserted, all the heavy traffic passing by the wider arterial road which ran importantly inland from town to town, despising the windings of the coast with its few scattered hamlets."

Inflected Forms

arterial roads (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

stroad urban boulevard

Synonyms

arterial arterial route arterial street

Questions

What does arterial road mean?: A major thoroughfare, particularly one used to provide a large capacity for travelling some distance. (In American English, such roads are often classified as highways (either secondary highways or limited-access highways).

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