roadside
part of speech
noun (the roadside); adjective (roadside: a roadside café)
meaning for a pupil
1) The roadside is the ground at the edge of a road. tree →
2) Roadside (before a noun) describes something beside a road: a roadside stall, roadside flowers. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and 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). In the primary 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
- The stranger did not lodge in the street; my doors I opened to the roadside. (Writings JOB.31.32, JPS 1917) tree →
- We stopped at the roadside to fix the tyre. tree →
- Wildflowers grew along the roadside. tree →
- Never play at the roadside. tree →
- A farmer sold strawberries at a roadside stall. tree →
- Don't throw litter at the roadside. tree →
- The car broke down and we waited by the roadside. tree →
- There was an inn by the roadside. tree →
note
One word. Countable as an adjective use; usually «the roadside». Not the same as «pavement» or «sidewalk», which is made for walking.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «roadside» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.