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# roadside

noun (the roadside); adjective (roadside: a roadside café)

«roadside» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The roadside is the ground at the edge of a road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadside/#m1)
2. Roadside (before a noun) describes something beside a road: a roadside stall, roadside flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadside/#m2)

### In the lessons

Safety lessons: if a car breaks down, people wait at the roadside, away from traffic; walk facing oncoming traffic where there is no pavement. Science: roadside verges are home to wildflowers and insects. Everyday life: roadside stalls sell fruit. Phrases: by the roadside, at the roadside, roadside rubbish, a roadside stall.

### Examples

- We stopped at the roadside to fix the tyre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadside/#x1)
- Wildflowers grew along the roadside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadside/#x2)
- Never play at the roadside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadside/#x3)
- A farmer sold strawberries at a roadside stall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadside/#x4)
- Don't throw litter at the roadside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadside/#x5)
- The car broke down and we waited by the roadside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadside/#x6)
- There was an inn by the roadside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadside/#x7)

### Note

One word. Countable as an adjective use; usually «the roadside». Not the same as «pavement» or «sidewalk», which is made for walking.

## In Jewish tradition

In Job it means the edge of the road, where travelers pass; Job says he opened his doors to them.

**Interpretation.** Tradition holds up Job and Abraham as models of welcoming guests (hachnasat orchim).

### Examples

- The stranger did not lodge in the street; my doors I opened to the roadside. (Writings JOB.31.32, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roadside/#x1)

### Note

One word. Countable as an adjective use; usually «the roadside». Not the same as «pavement» or «sidewalk», which is made for walking.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «roadside» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadside/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«roadside» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/roadside.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «roadside» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/roadside/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«roadside» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/roadside.html) on Mova free.