ring road

noun

a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center

• Syn: ↑beltway, ↑bypass, ↑ringway

• Derivationally related forms: ↑bypass (for: ↑bypass)

• Regions: ↑Britain (for: ↑ringway), ↑Britain

• Hypernyms: ↑highway, ↑main road

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noun

chiefly Britain : belt highway

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ring road noun

A road or boulevard encircling a town or its inner part

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Main Entry: ↑ring

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ring road UK US noun [countable] [singular ring road plural ring roads] british

a road that goes around a large town or city, for keeping traffic away from the town centre

Thesaurus: types of road or path_hyponym paths used only for walking or riding_synonym

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ring road,

British. a by-pass.

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n. a bypass encircling a town

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noun, pl ⋯ roads [count]

Brit : a road that goes around a city or town

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ˈring road [ring road ring roads] (BrE) (US ˈouter belt) noun

a road that is built around a city or town to reduce traffic in the centre

See also: ↑outer belt  

Example Bank:

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an accident on the ring road

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driving round the ring road

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Her house is just off the inner ring road.

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I followed the car around the ring road.

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There was a two-mile traffic jam on the ring road.