roadside

[ rohd-sahyd ]

noun

1. the side or border of the road; wayside.

adjective

1. on or near the side of a road.

Word History and Origins

Origin of roadside¹

First recorded in 1705–15; road + side ¹

Example Sentences

“Toy Story of Terror” from 2013, originally produced at the corporate nexus of Disney, Pixar and ABC, offers a delightful meta take on horror tropes — rainy night, roadside motel, characters imprudently wandering off.

From Los Angeles Times

He said at some farms the cows are intentionally being left on the roadside to reduce contamination — preventing further inter-farm spread.

From Los Angeles Times

The bunker, which is next to a roadside, will be sold with a small parcel of land to allow for parking.

From BBC

We walked underneath big trees and through coastal scrub, past a roadside memorial for a migrant and a Border Patrol truck with no one in it.

From Los Angeles Times

I first noticed them while driving away from Antonito, Colo. They didn’t fan out across fields but clustered on roadsides, like the weeds that grow alongside Southern California freeways.

From Los Angeles Times