arterial road
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- noun
- /ɑrˈtɪriəl roʊd/
- Specialized
- "Deseret News!" shouted the boy who all but blocked our ingress into the arterial road.
- traffic on this arterial road
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Watch on YouTubeThey've found that you've got MSRS, main supply routes and they find that these were like arterial roads going straight through the desert.
- They've found that you've got MSRS, main supply routes and they find that these were like arterial roads going straight through the desert.
Examples
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Twice a week, I join the usually sluggish traffic on this arterial road in my bright blue Golf to visit my mother.
Academic text (2001) -
They've found that you've got MSRS, main supply routes and they find that these were like arterial roads going straight through the desert.
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A final component of urban tourism space that is not represented on Figure 1 is the network of arterial roads that connect the CBD with the airport and the resorts.
Academic text (1993) -
I was biking after work earlier today on a rail-to-trail path outside Washington, DC, and it occurred to me that (at least during rush hour) the bike trail, which parallels a major highway at one point, is probably a much faster way of getting out to the far suburbs than the arterial roads.
Blog text (13) -
The new highway will serve as an arterial road, connecting the suburbs to the city center.
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During peak hours, traffic jams are common on the main arterial roads of the town.
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The construction project aims to expand the existing arterial road to improve traffic flow.
Synonyms
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2.0
The part of a road where cars and buses drive
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1.1
A big road that carries most traffic and connects towns
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3.5
A main road that carries a lot of traffic between towns or city areas
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5.1
A main road that people use to travel between places
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4.4
A main road that carries a lot of traffic through a city
How Important
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'arterial' (primary/main, high-capacity) modifies 'road' (a constructed route), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a major/high-capacity connecting road. This modifier+noun pattern is literal and cross-linguistically common, making the expression transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Arterial road comes from the idea of the body's arteries: arteries carry 'blood' quickly to the body's main parts. So an arterial road is a main road that carries a lot of traffic between important areas.