plural of road
"The sailors waited anxiously for the fog to lift so they could navigate into the safe roads where their ships would be protected from the storm."
A roadstead.
In plain English: Roads are paved paths that cars and other vehicles use to travel from one place to another.
"The new roads made our commute to work much faster."
Derived from Old English rād, which meant "a journey" or "an act of riding," the term originally referred to any path suitable for travel rather than just paved thoroughfares. It is related to Germanic words signifying a ride, such as Dutch rit and German Reise.