noun
a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
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noun chiefly Britain : belt highway
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ring road noun
A road or boulevard encircling a town or its inner part
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Main Entry: ↑ring
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a road that goes around a large town or city, for keeping traffic away from the town centre
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ring road,
British. a by-pass.
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n. a bypass encircling a town
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noun, pl ⋯ roads [count]
Brit : a road that goes around a city or town
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a road that is built around a city or town to reduce traffic in the centre
See also: ↑outer belt
Example Bank:
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an accident on the ring road
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driving round the ring road
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Her house is just off the inner ring road.
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I followed the car around the ring road.
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There was a two-mile traffic jam on the ring road.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.