wayside
pronunciation
How to pronounce wayside in British English:
UK [ˈweɪsaɪd]
How to pronounce wayside in American English:
US [ˈweˌsaɪd]
-
- Noun:
- edge of a way or road or path
Word Origin
- wayside (n.)
- "the side of the road," c. 1400, from way (n.) + side (n.). To fall by the wayside is from Luke viii:5.
Example
- 1. We spent the night in a wayside inn .
- 2. The train stopped at some wayside halt .
- 3. Even a cursory glance at medical journals shows that once heralded studies keep falling by the wayside .
- 4. Along the way their pursuit of the american dream ( and the attendant prospect of land ownership ) falls by the wayside the victim of a harsh economic downturn a freak accident and mob hysteria .
- 5. Examples include onboard sensors , wayside detection devices and autonomous track geometry systems .