roadwork
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roadwork
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From road + work.
noun roadworks
- The construction or maintenance done to roads. The traffic jam was caused by roadwork being done during rush hour.
- Exercise such as running and jogging done on the roads. The athlete needed to get home early to do his roadwork before it got too dark to be safe.
- The taking of a band on the road to perform music in different locations. […] the Beatles had resigned from roadwork in the summer of '66 (much like Brian Wilson)—their tour ending, appropriately enough, in the hippie utopia of San Francisco—and turned Abbey Road Studios into their very own musical sandbox […]
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noun construction or maintenance done to roads
| 中文 | 道路施工 dàolù shīgōng |
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| Français | travaux publics, travaux sur la route, travaux |
| Deutsch | Arbeitsstelle |
noun exercise done on roads
| 中文 | 路跑 |
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noun taking of a band on the road
| 中文 | 巡迴演出 /巡回演出 xúnhuí yǎnchū |
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Talk about this word "roadwork." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/roadwork. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. roadwork. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/roadwork "roadwork." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/roadwork.
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@misc{roadwork_2026,
title = {roadwork},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roadwork},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
