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roadside [ˈrəʊdsaıd] N ADJ

roadman <roadmen [ˈrəʊd­mən] > [ˈrəʊdmən] N

roadway [ˈrəʊdweı] N

seedbed [ˈsiːdbed] N

barbed [bɑːbd] ADJ

seabed [ˈsiːbed] N

crabbed [ˈkræbıd] ADJ

2. crabbed:

▶ crabbedly ADV
▶ crabbedness N

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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A large open sandpit exists today just south of this site where dirt for constructing the roadbed was excavated.
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A 500ft m section of roadbed was washed away, forming a large crack in the pavement and damaging the guardrail.
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The completed section was unofficially used as a makeshift roller skating course, thanks to the wide and leveled roadbed.
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Although the tunnel's two-way, 18-foot (5.5 m) roadbed was considered adequate by 1915 standards, vehicles became larger and wider during the 1920s.
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Excepting the railroad roadbed, there is less than five feet elevation difference across town.
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Moored ships could then either unload their cargo directly onto the roadbed or lower it down onto waiting vehicles via their heavy-duty booms.
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Laborers received 40 cents per hour for performing backbreaking labor on the roadbed.
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