road surface
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3.0
- noun
:
superficie de la carretera
- Without special building techniques, road surfaces buckle, and foundations and walls corrode and collapse.
Examples
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When the heavy rain fell, the road surface became slippery and dangerous for drivers.
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Pavements were cracked, road surfaces potholed, and some tenements were obviously derelict.
Fiction book (2002) -
Two at a time, followed by something being dragged over the gritty road surface.
Fiction book (1991) -
Literally millions of these items were placed into road surfaces so that a highway could sense the flow of traffic and then communicate that information along its surface.
Fiction book (2001) -
Your students should investigate the mechanism by which the road surface is damaged and how the pothole formation process begins.
Academic text (2008) -
The rear wheels regain their traction on the road surface, and the car swings away onto the motorway above.
Fiction book (1996) -
Eventually, smooth and durable blacktop road surfaces would be made with the thickest residual oil from refineries.
Academic text (2009) -
Under compression, the weakened road surface buckles up and folds into long ridges as high as 10 centimeters.
Academic text (2003) -
Has anyone experimented with coatings that could be applied to the road surfaces to help seal them against water and other contaminants entering cracks and causing problems?
Academic text (2008) -
Three successive layers of road surface—solid concrete, brick, and asphalt—expose three different road-building technologies.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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1.0
A wide hard surface for cars and people to travel between places
56
2.0
The part of a road where cars and buses drive
47
1.0
A hard road surface used by cars
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2.2
A hard surface, like a road, made for people and vehicles to move on
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1.6
A flat area covered with hard material like concrete or stones
How Smooth
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3.0
4
4.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is a straightforward compositional combination of 'road' (a constructed way for vehicles) and 'surface' (the top layer), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it as the top layer of a road. This noun-noun compounding is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English composition patterns, making the MWE fully transparent.
Etymology
Road surface combines road (the way cars and trucks travel) and surface (the top layer you touch or see). The name gives a clear picture of the road's 'top layer' that vehicles drive on, so it means the top part of a road where cars move.