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curvy road

curvy road

1 3.0
A road with many curves and sharp turns
  • noun
translation icon : carretera sinuosa
  • One curvy road segueing into another.

Examples

  • She's afraid of curvy roads.

  • Both Ken and Barbara noted that people drive much faster than they should on the narrow and curvy road and that the speed limit is rarely obeyed.

  • Perfect for curvy roads where 50 is about max speed.

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  • And we recently had the redwood experience with three tired, hungry, traveling kids, long curvy roads while traveling with a "perfect sister and her perfect not real family."

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  • After a couple of miles of city streets, curvy roads, and gravel roads, we arrived at the Whiskey Creek Day Use Area of New Hogan Reservoir.

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  • My head feels achy, even my ears hurt... this is part of the 'signs'... I'm facing a dust storm, windy conditions, curvy roads, steep grades ahead.

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  • Miranda drives down the curvy road toward an old bridge.

  • This is an issue on the hilly, curvy roads leading to and from Bamboo Bay!

Antonyms

straight
  • Jargon
6 3.3

A part of a road or track without curves

How Curvy

curvy road
1 3.0
straight
  • Jargon
6 3.3

Surface Forms

curvy road singular
curvy roads plural

Morphology

curvy + road

The meaning 'a road with many curves' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'curvy' (having graceful curves) with 'road' (a vehicle/pedestrian route). This simple adjective+noun composition follows standard, cross-linguistically common patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.

Etymology

Curvy road describes exactly what it sounds like: a road that is curvy, bending and winding instead of going straight. So it simply means 'a road with many curves', and drivers should slow down.