service road

noun

Examples of service road in a Sentence

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An overgrown service road snaked through the hills, taking a roundabout route that never rose above a modest incline. Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024 The Airport Animal Center The facility lies two miles away from the main terminals but within the grounds of the airport, at the end of a service road that skirts a pond where geese flock during their migrations. Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024 Authorities discovered a vehicle registered to Couch on a forest service road off Exit 49, with an empty gun case inside. Holly Yan, CNN, 13 Sep. 2024 After the shooting Saturday, investigators found a vehicle registered to Couch along a forest service road off Exit 49, with an empty gun case inside. Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 9 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for service road 

Word History

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of service road was in 1921

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“Service road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20road. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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