Road Maintenance Terminology

adjective describing a road or surface that is filled with potholes

• The potholed road was in desperate need of repair.
• I swerved to avoid the potholed street on my way to work.
• That potholed alley is a nightmare to drive through.
• Her life felt like a potholed journey, full of unexpected obstacles.

noun a mound or bank of snow, especially along the side of a road or path

• The car skidded off the road and into a snowbank.
• We had to dig the car out of the snowbank before we could leave.
• I almost wiped out on my snowboard and ended up in the snowbank.
• She felt like she was stuck in a snowbank of paperwork at work.