ring road

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.

Australia, New-Zealand, UK

Equivalents

Españolcircunvalación

Françaisboulevard de ceinture périphérique ringrocade route de ceinture voie de ceinture

DeutschRingstraße Umgehungsstraße

23 more languages

Bosanskiring

Catalàronda

Češtinaokruh

Cymraegcylchffordd

Ελληνικάπεριφερειακός δρόμος

Gaeilgebóthar cuarach cuarbhóthar

Hrvatskiring

Magyarkörgyűrű

Bahasa Indonesiajalan lingkar

Italianocirconvallazione

日本語環状道路

한국어순환선

Kurdîring

Македонскиобиколница

Nederlandsring ringweg

Polskiobwodnica

Portuguêsanel rodoviário circular circunvalaçãocontorno

Românăcentură

Русскийкольцева́я кольцева́я доро́га окружна́яокружна́я доро́га

Српскиring

Svenskaringled ringväg

中文環路 /环路繞城公路 /绕城公路

Examples

“Underground stations were also slated for closure, and there were plans for massive ring ⟳ roads to cater for the ever-growing numbers of people commuting into town by car. […] However, it soon dawned on politicians that this was unsustainable. Much of London would have ⟳ had to be demolished to make ⟳ way for the ring ⟳ roads, and parking was becoming an insuperable difficulty.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

ring rot ring shout ring silicate ring singularity ring spanner ring species

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