wayside

C1
US /ˈweɪsaɪd/
noun adj name Freq #37774

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    edge of a way or road or path

    The flowers along the wayside have bloomed with the recent rains.

  2. 2
    noun

    The side of a road or path.

    Many wild flowers grew on the wayside.

  3. 3
    adj

    Situated near the side of a road or path.

    We stopped at a wayside pub.

  4. 4
    noun

    A rest area.

  5. 5
    name

    A sitio in the barangay of Puguis, La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines.

Etymology

From Middle English waye syde, equivalent to way + side.

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Synonyms
1 noun · edge of a way or road or path roadside

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