Ditch and Road

Ditch

Ditch noun - A long narrow channel dug in the earth.

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Road and ditch are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Road" instead a noun "Ditch".

Nearby Words: ditched, ditching, ditcher

Road noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.

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Ditch and road are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ditch" instead a noun "Road".

Nearby Words: roadway, roadside, roadless, roadie

deep	deep ditch	deep road
muddy	muddy ditch	muddy road
new	new ditch	new road
titular	titular ditch	titular road
Other adjectives: last, concrete, nearby.

More intelligent characters abandon vehicles and throw themselves in a ditch or into foliage alongside the road.

Source: Standard Hollywood Strafing Procedure
The Wraith: the Sheriff has probably a couple bites into the standard fast food meal when the local troublemakers start kicking off, and he has to ditch it on the road to follow them.

Source: They Wasted a Perfectly Good Sandwich
Late in the original Mobile Suit Gundam, Amuro and Char meet on a road in the neutral colony of Side 6 and Char even helps the young soldier get his car out of a ditch.

Source: Chance Meeting Between Antagonists

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