trunk road

English

Noun

trunk road (plural trunk roads)

(UK) An important main road used by long-distance traffic, as well as heavy lorries.
- 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 49:
  North of Tain [...], the line reaches the southern shore of Dornoch Firth. Here, the railway and the A9 trunk road, which have hitherto run close together, diverge.

Translations

important main road

Finnish: päätie
Irish: mórbhóthar m
Italian: superstrada (it) m
Manx: ard-raad m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stamvei m
Spanish: carretera troncal f
Swedish: stamväg c

See also

A-road, A road
motorway

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