VividLex

Home / Dictionary / skid road

skid road

3 senses · Free VividLex dictionary · Thesaurus

1. n. the district of a town frequented by loggers Source: wordnet
2. n. a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled Source: wordnet
3. (a) A road along which logs are dragged to the skidway or landing; - - called also travois, or travoy, road. (b) A road having partly sunken transverse logs (called skids) at intervals of about five feet. Source: webster

Thesaurus links

Related headwords in VividLex — dictionary ↔ thesaurus bridge for exploration and SEO depth.

From the definitions

road logs called skids along cut district dragged feet frequented freshly hauled intervals landing loggers partly sunken timber town transverse travois travoy

Word family

skid lid skid row

Open full thesaurus page for skid road · Language as a Lens

Explore more

Thesaurus hub Word of the day Dictionary guide Learn POS

Search dictionary Related words Home