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What is the noun for roadable?

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road
  1. (obsolete) The act of riding on horseback. [9th-17th c.]
  2. (obsolete) A hostile ride against a particular area; a raid. [9th-19th c.]
  3. (plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor. [from 14th c.]
  4. A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. [from 16th c.]
  5. (figuratively) A path chosen in life or career. [from 17th c.]
  6. An underground tunnel in a mine. [from 18th c.]
  7. (US, rail transport) A railway or (Britain, rail transport) a single railway track. [from 19th c.]
  8. (obsolete) A journey, or stage of a journey.
  9. A way or route.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “Cars beep their horns and angry drivers make profane gestures as I run in between the moving cars on the busy road.”
      “The road I have chosen is very demanding, and I am attempting to respond to each academic and personal challenge along the way.”
      “There the ore is stockpiled, then loaded into lighters which carry it to freighters in the roads.”
roadster
  1. a sea-going vessel riding at anchor in a road or bay.
  2. (nautical) A clumsy vessel that works its way from one anchorage to another by means of the tides.
  3. (archaic) A horse for riding on the road.
  4. A bicycle, or tricycle, adapted for common roads, rather than for the racing track, usually of classic style and steel-framed construction.
  5. (Britain, dated) One who drives much; a coach driver.
  6. (Britain, dated, slang) A hunter who keeps to the roads instead of following the hounds across country.
  7. An open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat.
  8. A person who lives along the road. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “By her second lap around the interstate beltway the hum of the engine from Jennifer's MG roadster began to drown out her anger and frustration.”
      “The wide walkway meanders around trees and past an antique roadster, wrought-iron lampposts, and even an authentic English telephone box.”
      “In Renault's Wind concept roadster, the steering wheel and pedals fold away when the door is opened.”
roadway
  1. A way used as a road.
  2. The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
  3. The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “A lone sentinel stood in the middle of the roadway to the castle standing on the hill.”
      “The paths and roadway are so newly laid, so perfectly cambered, that the rain runs off, to be spirited away by hidden drains.”
      “The building of the extra gullies was well in hand, and considerable progress had been made with the pitching of the surface of the roadway.”
roadwork
  1. The construction or maintenance done to roads.
  2. Exercise such as running and jogging done on the roads.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “In addition there is his regular roadwork and acclimatization in the sauna at the Steinbach Aquatic Centre.”
      “Mucho grats to all the government people responsible for the recently completed roadwork on Thepprasit Road.”
      “Two thousand workers abandoned their occupation of the Los Monos Park when the government promised roadwork jobs at 31 cordobas per day.”
roadcut
  1. A cut through a hill or mountain for the purposes of building a road through it, rather than over it.
roadworker
  1. A worker who carries out road construction or maintenance.
roadcraft
  1. The skill of driving a road vehicle.
roadcrew
  1. A group of workers who build or maintain roads.
roadbuilding
roadlessness
  1. The state or quality of being roadless.
roadworthiness
  1. The property of being roadworthy.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Passing motorists were randomly pulled in and their vehicles inspected for roadworthiness.”
      “Traffic officers were checking buses for roadworthiness and ordering unroadworthy buses off the road.”
      “An MOT test does not cover all aspects of a car's roadworthiness and it only relates to the condition the car was in at the time of the test.”
roadmending
  1. The repairing of roads.
roadmender
  1. One who repairs roads.
roadbuilder
  1. One who builds roads.
roadman
  1. A man who builds or repairs roads.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I lit the way upstairs and Erchy, assisted by the roadman, pulled the protesting Tearlaich off the bed and put on his boot.”
      “As the water was passed around for drinking, the roadman verbally reviewed the purpose of the ceremony once again.”
      “The other man, I thought, might be a roadman who had joined the church in his early adulthood, learning about the peyote religion as a mature person.”
roading
  1. The construction of roads.
roadside
  1. The area on either side of a road.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Training horses to accept traffic, road works and roadside obstacles is more important than ever in these days of litigation and the increasing number of vehicles on the roads.”
roads
  1. plural of road
  2. (singular) A roadstead.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “It was supposed to improve traffic flow so drivers don't use the surrounding roads as a rat run to try to save time.”
      “Residents claim a traffic order banning vehicles from using their village estate roads as a rat run is not working.”
      “Last night, police were forced to cordon off nearby roads and reroute rush hour traffic as toxic fumes poured into the sky.”
roadbuilders
  1. plural of roadbuilder
roadmenders
  1. plural of roadmender
roadworkers
  1. plural of roadworker
roadcrews
  1. plural of roadcrew
roadsters
roadworks
  1. plural of roadwork
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The event was organized by the District Council to make amends with locals disgruntled by weeks of traffic delays caused by roadworks.”
      “We have tried a variety of routes and negotiated endless queues of traffic caused by countless roadworks.”
      “He said he would have remained in business if trade had continued to grow at the rate it was before the roadworks.”
roadsides
  1. plural of roadside
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The event was just like a carnival, with many thousands of residents lining the roadsides to watch the procession.”
      “Some species will be attracted to roadsides if they smell fast-food containers, apple cores, candy wrappers, soda bottles, and the like.”
      “As we jounced by roadsides abloom with red hibiscus, through half-lidded eyes I soaked up exotic scenery.”
roadmen
roadways
  1. plural of roadway
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He said the reworked roadways benefit the entire community, not any particular interest group.”
      “There were scattered houses and tree-lined roadways, then open plough, then clumps of trees.”
      “Crushed clamshells, a waste product from the local seafood industries, have been used to pave roadways.”
roadcuts
  1. plural of roadcut
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