stock route
noun [C] Australian EnglishDefinition
› a road on which traffic must stop so that cattle and sheep that are being moved from one place to another can go pastRural and suburban roads
(Definition of stock route noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- back road noun
- beltway noun
- bypass noun (ROAD)
- byway noun
- dirt road noun
- feeder adjective
- highway noun
- main road noun
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