roadwork
2
2.7
- noun
- /ˈroʊdˌwɜrk/
- US
:
trabajos de carretera
- Then came the roadworks.
- Roadwork Ahead
- million for roadwork
- doing roadwork
Examples
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To our amazement, there had been a lot of roadwork on I-40 since the last time we went this way.
Blog text (28) -
This not only provides reliable traffic information, but also reasons for slow traffic, like accidents or roadwork on the new Maps app.
Blog text (20) -
There were frequent mentions of the amount of roadwork going on in town, blocking traffic and causing general inconvenience.
Academic text (1998) -
You go out in the morning and you don't know what mishaps might happen on the way: a traffic jam, roadwork, an accident.
Fiction book (1998) -
Since drivers are programmed to follow routines, new obstacles—like roadwork—can increase congestion city-wide.
Blog text (8) -
The city has scheduled extensive roadwork this summer to repair the old highway.
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Because of the roadwork on Main Street, drivers should expect significant delays.
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Residents are frustrated with the ongoing roadwork that has turned their street into a construction site.
Synonyms
Work on a road to repair, maintain, or build it
Work to build and repair roads for public use
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Roadwork is the simple joining of road ('a street') and work ('jobs done'), so it originally meant jobs done on a road, like building or fixing it. So, today roadwork means the building or repair work being done on a road.