metalled road
Frequency: 3.00.5 per million words
A road surfaced with broken stones, a usage more common in British English.
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Examples (10)
- The old cart track was recently converted into a metalled road.
- We drove along a dusty metalled road until we reached the village.
- Building a metalled road through the jungle was a challenging engineering feat.
- The village council approved funds for repairing the metalled road.
- After the rain, the metalled road became muddy and slippery.
- A network of metalled roads connects the remote farms to the main highway.
- The construction crew is laying a new metalled road to improve access.
- Walking on the metalled road felt harsh on their bare feet.
- They decided to upgrade the dirt path to a proper metalled road.
- The metalled road had been in use for decades and was showing signs of wear.