ring road
noun/ˈrɪŋ rəʊd/
/ˈrɪŋ rəʊd/
(British English) (US English outer belt)
- a road that is built around a city or town to reduce traffic in the centre
- I followed the car around the ring road.
- There was a two-mile traffic jam on the ring road.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc1- an accident on the ring road
- driving round the ring road
- Her house is just off the inner ring road.
- The new ring road should reduce city centre traffic.
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