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Definition: Byroad |
ByroadNoun1. A side road little traveled (as in the countryside). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: ByroadSynonyms: bypath (n), byway (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deviation | Wandering; Verb: vagrancy, evagation; bypaths and crooked ways; byroad. |
Method | Roadway, pathway, stairway; express; thoroughfare; highway; turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road; broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway; beaten track, beaten path; horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path; walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk; crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway; cut; short cut; (mid-course); carrefour; private road, occupation road; highways and byways; railroad, railway, tram road, tramway; towpath; causeway; canal; (conduit); street; (abode); speedway. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| "Byroad" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Byroad" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "byroad"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | rrugë anësore (bypass, bystreet, byway, turning). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | على فكرة (by the way). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тих уединен път, второстепенен път (side road), обиколен път (circuit, roundabout). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vedlejší cesta, postranní silnice. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "רך צ""ית (byway). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | mellékút (bypass, by-pass, by-pass road, byway, feeder, off road, side road). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | strada secondaria (crossroad, side road), strada fuorimano. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 裏街" (byway), 脇" (digression, side road). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | うらかいどう (byway), わきみち (digression, side road). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yroadbay объездной путь, проселочная дорога. (various references) sporedni put (backroad, side road). (various references) camino vecinal, camino secundario. (various references) biväg (by road, by-road). (various references) yan yol (accommodation road, ancillary road, branch road, bypath, crossroad, shunt, side road, sideline, sidetrack, slip road), ara yol (aisle, bystreet). (various references) об'їзна дорога, об'їзд (circuit, detour, side road), путівець. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "byroad": byroads. (additional references) | |
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"Byroad" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bioral, birrova, Birua, Borovac, broaf, byrnand, nyroca. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: boyard. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-o-r-y" | |
-1 letter: board, boyar, broad, dobra. | |
-2 letters: bard, boar, body, bora, brad, bray, darb, doby, dory, drab, dray, orad, orby, road, yard. | |
-3 letters: abo, aby, ado, arb, bad, bar, bay, boa, bod, boy, bra, bro, dab, day, dor, dry, oar, ora, orb, rad, ray, rob, rod, rya, yar, yob, yod. | |
-4 letters: ab, ad, ar, ay, ba. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-o-r-y" | |
+1 letter: boyards, broadly, byroads. | |
+2 letters: adorably, boatyard, boneyard, boundary, carboyed, keyboard, obduracy. | |
+3 letters: boatyards, bodyguard, boneyards, hybridoma, keyboards. | |
+4 letters: affordably, bardolatry, bodyguards, botryoidal, debonairly, deplorably, formidably, hybridomas, keyboarded, keyboarder, obdurately, pardonably, rekeyboard, storyboard. | |
+5 letters: adorability, embryonated, hydrocarbon, hydrophobia, keyboarders, keyboarding, keyboardist, redoubtably, rekeyboards, rhabdomancy, roadability, storyboards. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 79 72 6F 61 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... -.--. .-. --- .- -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01111001 01110010 01101111 01100001 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B y r o a d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0079 0072 006F 0061 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)369184816770 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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