Meaning & use
a windy road
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Meaning
phrasecountable
a road where the wind blows strongly and often
Grammar: Countable phrase; 'windy' is an adjective describing the road, so it comes before the noun.
Patterns
- a windy road
- a windy mountain road
The windy road along the coast made the drive feel cold.
Cycling on a windy road can be hard work.
They closed the windy road because the gusts were dangerous.
Common combinations
- a windy coastal road
- The windy coastal road is beautiful but exposed.
- drive along a windy road
- We drove along a windy road with the windows up.
- a cold windy road
- It was a cold windy road, so we hurried home.
Synonyms and how they differ
- a breezy road
- Breezy suggests a light, pleasant wind; windy suggests stronger, less pleasant wind.
- a blustery road
- Blustery means with strong, gusty wind and is more dramatic than windy.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: a windy road or a winding road?
a windy road vs a winding road
A winding road has many bends. A windy road has a lot of wind. The words look similar but mean different things.
Practice
The weather was terrible: rain, and a ______ road all the way to the village.
Choose one answer.
'Windy' describes weather with strong wind, which fits 'rain and terrible weather'. 'Winding' would mean the road had bends, not that the wind was blowing.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “a windy road”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.