roadwork

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English

Etymology

From road +‎ work.

Noun

roadwork (countable and uncountable, plural roadworks)

  1. The construction or maintenance done to roads.
    The traffic jam was caused by roadwork being done during rush hour.
  2. Exercise such as running and jogging done on the roads.
    The athlete needed to get home early to do his roadwork before it got too dark to be safe.
  3. The taking of a band on the road to perform music in different locations.
    • 2010, Will Romano, Mountains Come Out of the Sky:
      the Beatles had resigned from roadwork in the summer of '66 (much like Brian Wilson)—their tour ending, appropriately enough, in the hippie utopia of San Francisco—and turned Abbey Road Studios into their very own musical sandbox

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