trunk road

Noun

Meaning

trunk road (plural trunk roads)

(UK) An important main road used by long-distance traffic, as well as heavy lorries.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

trunk-road

Synonyms

highway artery highroad motorway thoroughfare main road main line dual carriageway arterial road

Antonyms

back street circumbendibus

Hypernyms

highway main road

Examples

In the Muscat area, this highway is known as Sultan Qaboos Street, and it is the trunk road running through the city. Source: Internet

Kate Forbes is appealing for Lochaber residents to help identify the worst sections of the A82 trunk road. Source: Internet

At that time, the French trunk road left of the Rhine not been built, so that traffic would cross into Germany to use the Karlsruhe-Basel Autobahn. Source: Internet

The by-pass had been built to the east of Ludlow in the late 1970s (opening to traffic in the summer of 1979) and diverts the A49 trunk road around the town. Source: Internet

Councillor Allan Henderson provided information on Traffic Scotland’s expectation that Highland Council has responsibility for Glenfinnan’s road issues, however, as the road is a trunk road, Transport Scotland has jurisdiction. Source: Internet

Other major roads include: *The A3 trunk road from Portsmouth to London. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

trunk line trunk or treat trunk piston trunk route trunk sale trunk show