Meanings
nountrunk road (plural trunk roads)
plural trunk roads
- UKAn important main road used by long-distance traffic, as well as heavy lorries.
North of Tain [...], the line reaches the southern shore of Dornoch Firth. Here, the railway and the A9 trunk road, which have hitherto run close together, diverge.
2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 49
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish päätie
- päätieimportant main road
Irish mórbhóthar
- mórbhótharimportant main road
Italian superstrada
- superstradaimportant main road
Norwegian Bokmål stamvei
- stamveiimportant main road
Polish droga krajowa
- droga krajowaimportant main road
Spanish carretera troncal
- carretera troncalimportant main road
Swedish stamväg
- stamvägimportant main road
Cite this entry
APA
trunk road. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trunk%20road
MLA
“trunk road.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trunk%20road. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trunk road,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trunk%20road.
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