• (UK)IPA^(key): /ˈbæk ˌɹəʊd/
• (US)IPA^(key): /ˈbæk ˌɹoʊd/

backroad (pluralback roads)

1. A secondaryroad, a little-used road, a road throughrural areas sometimes used as an alternative to main roads.

   There was too much traffic on thehighway, so I used aback road. It was veryscenic, but I had to keep the speed down.

   • 1988,R.E.M., “Orange Crush”, inGreen:

     I knew it all. I knew everyback road and every truck stop.

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