ROADWORKS

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• Roadworks — occur when part of the road, or in rare cases, the entire road, has to be occupied for work relating to the road, most often in the case of road surface repairs. They can, however, also happen when a major accident occurs and debris from the… …   Wikipedia

• roadworks — ► PLURAL NOUN Brit. ▪ repairs to roads or to utilities under roads …   English terms dictionary

• roadworks — road|works [ˈrəudwə:ks US ˈroudwə:rks] n [plural] BrE repairs that are being done to a road ▪ There were roadworks on the motorway …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• roadworks — [[t]ro͟ʊdwɜː(r)ks[/t]] N PLURAL Roadworks are repairs or other work being done on a road …   English dictionary

• Roadworks — road construction, the mess that is made when roads are being built or repaired …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• roadworks — Australian Slang road construction, the mess that is made when roads are being built or repaired …   English dialects glossary

• roadworks — n. construction done on a road, repairs made to a road; exercise routine comprised of running for long distances through open areas …   English contemporary dictionary

• roadworks — Brit. repairs to roads or to utilities under roads. → roadwork …   English new terms dictionary

• roadworks — UK [ˈrəʊdˌwɜː(r)ks] / US [ˈroʊdˌwɜrks] noun [plural] British repairs that are done to the surface of a road. The American word is roadwork …   English dictionary

• roadworks — [ˈrəʊdˌwɜːks] noun [plural] British repairs that are done to the surface of a road …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• roadworks — /ˈroʊdwɜks/ (say rohdwerks) noun road construction or maintenance …