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Roadbed is an English word with synonyms like bed. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Roadbed in a sentence

Roadbed meaning

  1. The prepared location for a road, including its foundation.
  2. A trackbed.

Synonyms of Roadbed

bed

Related words

Other words often associated with Roadbed or its synonyms:

plot sheet furniture depression patch layer set seam stratum bottom

Using Roadbed

  • The main meaning on this page is: The prepared location for a road, including its foundation. | A trackbed.
  • Useful related words include: bed.
  • In the example corpus, roadbed often appears in combinations such as: the roadbed, roadbed or.

Context around Roadbed

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

ancient 1×

Often after:

abandonment 1× collapsed 1× work 1× bridges 1× upgraded 1×

Sentence patterns with Roadbed

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and the roadbed upgraded and 1× of the roadbed work had 1× onto the roadbed or lower 1× or as roadbed or else 1× pacific s roadbed bridges and 1× said roadbed abandonment was 1× stretch of roadbed collapsed on 1× the ancient roadbed from earle 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

almost all of 1× continued erosion of 1× moored ships could 1× said roadbed abandonment 1× the loosened rock 1× the manual labor 1×

Common sentence endings:

and whig factions 1× available for blasting 1× ending 43 lives 1× heavy duty booms 1× non chinese supervisors 1× original handmade grade 1×

Words around Roadbed

Just before it in the word index:

road 27.716 roactemra 2 roaches 25 roache 11 roach 231 roaccutane 2

Just after it in the word index:

roadblock 165 roadblocks 210 roadbridge 3 roadbuilding 2 roade 2 roader 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Roadbed

  • In this selection, "roadbed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ancient, abandonment, collapsed and work stand out and add context to how "roadbed" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the roadbed upgraded and and of the roadbed work had. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "roadbed" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with roadbed

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The roadbed was layered. (4 words)

Continued erosion of the limestone bluff has weakened the roadbed. (10 words)

Said roadbed abandonment was in conjunction with a roadway section realignment. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

They wanted to know if it would be possible to GPS map those vestigial segments of the ancient roadbed from Earle’s Ford to Ninety-Six, a major crossroad in the Cherokee Path and the scene of two significant battles between Tory and Whig factions. (45 words)

The manual labor to build the Central Pacific's roadbed, bridges and tunnels was done primarily by many thousands of emigrant workers from China under the direction of skilled non-Chinese supervisors. (32 words)

Almost all of the roadbed work had to be done manually, using shovels, picks, axes, two-wheeled dump carts, wheelbarrows, ropes, scrapers, etc., with initially only black powder available for blasting. (31 words)

Example sentences (10)

They wanted to know if it would be possible to GPS map those vestigial segments of the ancient roadbed from Earle’s Ford to Ninety-Six, a major crossroad in the Cherokee Path and the scene of two significant battles between Tory and Whig factions.

Said roadbed abandonment was in conjunction with a roadway section realignment.

Two years ago this month, a stretch of roadbed collapsed on Genoa's Morandi Bridge, sending cars and trucks plunging to dry riverbed below and ending 43 lives.

Continued erosion of the limestone bluff has weakened the roadbed.

Almost all of the roadbed work had to be done manually, using shovels, picks, axes, two-wheeled dump carts, wheelbarrows, ropes, scrapers, etc., with initially only black powder available for blasting.

Moored ships could then either unload their cargo directly onto the roadbed or lower it down onto waiting vehicles via their heavy-duty booms.

The loosened rock would be collected and hauled out of the tunnel for use in a fill area or as roadbed, or else dumped over the side as waste.

The manual labor to build the Central Pacific's roadbed, bridges and tunnels was done primarily by many thousands of emigrant workers from China under the direction of skilled non-Chinese supervisors.

The roadbed was layered.

While the original rail has long since been replaced because of age and wear, and the roadbed upgraded and repaired, the lines generally run on top of the original, handmade grade.

Common combinations with roadbed

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "roadbed" in a sentence?
An example: "They wanted to know if it would be possible to GPS map those vestigial segments of the ancient roadbed from Earle’s Ford to Ninety-Six, a major crossroad in the Cherokee Path and the scene of two significant battles between Tory and Whig factions." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "roadbed" from authentic English texts.
What does "roadbed" mean?
Roadbed means: The prepared location for a road, including its foundation.
What are synonyms of "roadbed"?
Common synonyms of "roadbed" include: bed.
How many example sentences with "roadbed" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "roadbed", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.