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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

  1. noun A road built to route traffic around a town or busy area.
  2. noun A surgical procedure that reroutes blood flow around a blocked or damaged part.
  3. verb To avoid something by going around it, or to skip normal procedure.

roundabout — full definition

  1. noun A road junction where traffic circles around a central island instead of stopping at lights.
  2. noun A spinning platform in a playground that children ride on.
  3. adjective Indirect or longer than necessary; not going straight to the point.

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