dirt road

noun

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

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Standing in the parking lot of the Lafayette plant, Bloch pointed across the street, remembering the early days of when a horse farm stood where Target and Dutch Bros now do, or when Creasy Lane was a dirt road. Jillian Ellison, USA Today, 3 July 2025 Kent just came back inside after digging trenches along the side of our dirt road in the pouring rain. Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2025 Photos show the Bronco tipped sideways into a ditch at the edge of the dirt road. Brooke Baitinger, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025 The Times reviewed a video that showed a worker running through a field under the cover of early morning fog, with at least one agent in pursuit on foot and a Border Patrol truck racing along an adjacent dirt road. Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 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 21 Jul. 2025.

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