noun phrase · neutral
ring road
UK/ˈrɪŋ rəʊd/US/ˈrɪŋ roʊd/RING ROAD
Band 5-6speakingtask2
A major road that goes around a town or city so traffic can avoid the centre.
Examples
“They built a ring road to divert heavy lorries away from the town centre.”
“During rush hour the ring road becomes very busy.”
“Plans for a new ring road were unpopular with nearby villages.”
Band 8 sentence
“The completion of the outer ring road has significantly reduced through-traffic in the historic centre.”
Collocations
- build a ring road
- use the ring road
- the outer ring road
Word family
ring nounroad nounring-road (adj) adjective
Common mistakes
ringroad→ring road
ring way→ring road
Say it for a higher band
5bypass→6beltway→7+ring road
Synonyms
bypass
Easily confused
bypass
“The bypass saved the village from heavy lorry traffic.”
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