trunk road

English

Noun

trunk road (plural trunk roads)

1. (UK) An important main road used by long-distance traffic, as well as heavy lorries.
   • 2021 October 20, Paul Stephen, “Leisure and pleasure on the Far North Line”, in RAIL, number 942, page 49:

     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.

Translations

important main road

• Finnish: päätie
• Irish: mórbhóthar m
• Italian: superstrada (it) m
• Manx: ard-raad m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stamvei m

• Spanish: carretera troncal f
• Swedish: stamväg c

See also

• A-road, A road
• motorway