Umgehungsstraße — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bypass noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
- roundabout noun A road junction where traffic circles around a central island instead of stopping at lights.
Senses
Umgehungsstraße is used for these senses in English:
- bypass A replacement road for obsolete road that is no longer in use because devastating natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides).
- ring road (chiefly, Australia, New Zealand, UK) A circumferential highway around a town, city, or other conurbation.
- roundabout A detour.
bypass — full definition
- noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
- noun A surgical procedure that reroutes blood flow around a blocked or damaged part.
- verb To avoid something by going around it, or to skip normal procedure.
roundabout — full definition
- noun A road junction where traffic circles around a central island instead of stopping at lights.
- noun A spinning platform in a playground that children ride on.
- adjective Indirect or longer than necessary; not going straight to the point.