dirt road

noun

: a road with a hard dirt surface : an unpaved road

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The soil caressed my bare feet, and the dust was always boiling up from the dirt road that passed 50 feet from our front door. Philip Martin, arkansasonline.com, 2 Jan. 2025 In December, a body found in April 1984 off a dirt road near Lake Dorr in Altoona was identified as Rebecca Sue Hill, the agency announced Wednesday in a news release. Silas Morgan, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2025 Along a dirt road about 25 minutes south of Fayetteville, a powerful odor sometimes wafts from 48 chicken houses where farmers raise birds for Mountaire. Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025 The gang, armed with rifles powerful enough to pierce an armored vehicle, is believed to have attacked from an alleyway along a winding dirt road between the embassy and the housing compound that isn’t always visible even when security measures are taken. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dirt road 

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“Dirt road.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirt%20road. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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