Dictionary
Thesaurus
Encyclopedia
Translator
Web

in road

 - 2 dictionary results

in⋅road

[in-rohd]
–noun
1. a damaging or serious encroachment: inroads on our savings.
2. a sudden hostile or predatory incursion; raid; foray.

Origin:
1540–50; in- 1 + road
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source Link To in road
Word Origin & History

inroad 
1548, "hostile incursion, raid, foray," from in- "in," second element is road in the obsolete sense of "riding;" related to raid.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Search another word or see in road on Thesaurus | Reference
FacebookTwitterFollow us: