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PRONUNCIATION OF TRUNK ROAD

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRUNK ROAD

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Trunk road is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TRUNK ROAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

trunk road

Trunk road

A trunk road, trunk highway, or strategic road is a major road, usually connecting two or more cities, ports, airports and other places, which is the recommended route for long-distance and freight traffic. Many trunk roads have segregated lanes in a dual carriageway, or are of motorway standard.

Definition of trunk road in the English dictionary

The definition of trunk road in the dictionary is a main road, esp one that is suitable for heavy vehicles.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRUNK ROAD

truncheon
truncheoner
trundle
trundle bed
trundler
trunk
trunk cabin
trunk call
trunk curl
trunk hose
trunk line
trunkfish
trunkful
trunking
trunkless
trunks
trunksleeve
trunnel
trunnion
trunnioned

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRUNK ROAD

A road
access road
approach road
country road
dirt road
high road
hit the road
knight of the road
link road
main road
on the road
one for the road
relief road
ring road
road
single-track road
take the road
the end of the road
to take the high road
toll road
yellow brick road

Synonyms and antonyms of trunk road in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «trunk road» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRUNK ROAD

Find out the translation of trunk road to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of trunk road from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trunk road» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

主干路
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

carretera nacional
570 millions of speakers

English

trunk road
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ट्रंक रोड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الطريق جذع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

магистральная дорога
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estrada nacional
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রধান রাস্তা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

route nationale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jalan raya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fernstraße
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

幹線道路
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

간선 도로
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Trunk road
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường lớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டிரங்க் சாலை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ट्रंक रोड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

anayol
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

strada principale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trunk Road
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

магістральна дорога
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rutier portbagaj
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εθνικής οδού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

deurpad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

riksväg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

riksvei
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of trunk road

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUNK ROAD»

The term «trunk road» is regularly used and occupies the 93.282 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUNK ROAD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «trunk road» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «trunk road» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about trunk road

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRUNK ROAD»

Discover the use of trunk road in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trunk road and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Food of the Grand Trunk Road
The book follows Hardeep Singh Kohlistravels along this age-old road, starting in Calcutta,linking with Lucknow, Aligargh and Delhi before curlingnorth into the Punjab region of northwest India.
Anirudh Arora, Hardeep Singh Kohli, 2011
2
On the Grand Trunk Road: A Journey into South Asia
Now, for the first time ever, the paperback edition of On the Grand Trunk Road is finally available, revised and updated with new material.
Steve Coll, 2009
3
The Grand Trunk Road: a passage through India
Raghubir Singh's vibrant color photographs evoke the energies and contrasts of a modern journey along the road Singh terms "a living panorama of north India's people".
Raghubir Singh, 1995
4
Days and Nights on the Grand Trunk Road: Calcutta to Khyber
Provides a travel narrative for a journey along one of the oldest and most perilous roads in the world through Pakistan and India
Anthony Weller, 1998
5
The Grand Trunk Road: From Delhi to the Khyber Pass
For the first time, the story of the profound impact of the British on this highway and its people is told in image and word.
Irna Qureshi, 2011
6
The Trunk Road
Sarah Bowen. There was utter dislike in the look she directed at me. I wanted to retract my words, but it was difficult. 'I have every intention of getting a job. I just thought this was something useful I could do until I found one.' And how could ...
Sarah Bowen
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Transport Statistics Great Britain 2004
It is very common for inter-urban stretches of a given road to be classed as an all purpose trunk road, with one or more urban stretches of the same (with the same road number) classified as principal. In England the trunk road highway ...
Great Britain. Dept. for Transport, 2004
8
The Silk Roads: Highways of Culture and Commerce
The more important roads include the Grand Trunk Road from Sonargaon to the Nilab (Indus River) and those from Lahore to Multan via Harappa and from Agra to Mandu. On the Multan-Lahore Road, there still exist two sarais, namely Sarai ...
Vadime Elisseeff, 2000
9
Iclem 2010: Logistics for Sustained Economic ...
With the continuous improvement of people's living standards and the development of modern service industry, people have put higher requirement about the trunk road service. For a long time, the technical workers have seldom conducted ...
Jin Zhang, Jin Zhang, Ling Xu, Xiaoqiang Zhang, and Ming Jian, editors, Ling Xu, 2010
10
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
The new trunk-road from Calcutta to Delhi, and thence to Lahore and Peshawur. 2. The Bombay and Agra Road. 3. The Calcutta and Bombay Mail-road. The direction of these roads will be observed on reference to the following sketch- map ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1853

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRUNK ROAD»

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Man had car driven at him during incident of racist abuse
The incident happened between 4.30pm and 4.40pm on Thursday, July 16, at the traffic lights at the junctions of Kings Road, Trunk Road and Ormesby Road in ... «Gazette Live, Jul 15»
2
IN PICTURES: Lorry blaze causes delays on busy trunk road
The road was closed as a result with heavy traffic in both directions, between the M54 at the Offoxey Road junction and Albrighton. Three fire crews were called ... «expressandstar.com, Jun 15»
3
Maoists torch 32 vehicles on GT Road in Bihar
Heavily armed Maoists torched 32 vehicles, including tankers and containers, on the Grand Trunk Road in this district on the first day of their two-day Bihar and ... «Business Standard, May 15»
4
All Along the Grand Trunk Road
Their journey takes them into the heart of India—scenes on the Great Trunk Road, echoing Kipling—and then involves them in the campaign to suppress the ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»
5
Want to create a Grand Trunk Road of fashion digitally, says Suchi …
Success Quotient is a weekly feature that appears every Friday in Firstbiz, which looks at the pains and joys en route to success for a head honcho - whether a ... «Firstpost, Apr 15»
6
Safety work planned on 280 stretches of road in Wales
Nearly 300 stretches of road across Wales will have work carried out to improve ... She said she was committed to improving safety on Wales' trunk roads and ... «BBC News, Jan 15»
7
Thousands still stranded at Pan Borneo trunk road
MIRI: The flooded Pan Borneo trunk road linking Brunei, Sabah and Sarawak near Kampung Batu Danau in Limbang is totally cut off as the water level is ... «The Borneo Post, Jan 15»
8
Tunnel to be built under Stonehenge as part of £2billion A303 'super …
... its plan to transform the A303 in a bid to end road misery for its long-suffering users. ... where opposition has been another brake on improving the trunk road. «Exeter Express and Echo, Dec 14»
9
David Cameron commits to £15bn roads investment
Other schemes that will get the green light include the A27 along the south coast of England and the dualling of the A1 trunk road between Northumberland and ... «Financial Times, Nov 14»
10
Welsh trunk road network riskiest in the UK, says report
The Welsh trunk road network is the most dangerous of all trunk 'A' roads in the ... The Road Safety Foundation's assessment also found the highest-risk road in ... «BBC News, Nov 14»

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