icy road
Winter driving hazard
An icy road is a road surface covered with ice, making it slippery and hazardous for driving: We crept along the icy road at fifteen miles an hour.
The phrase often appears in weather warnings and accident reports.
Black ice—invisible ice on pavement—makes icy roads particularly treacherous.
- slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
- black iceInvisible frozen road surface
- skidUncontrolled lateral slide
- lose controlFail to maintain composure
- freezeBecome solid from cold
winter · frost · hazard · salt · tires · snow tires · chains · snowplow · sleet · treacherous · spin · hit the brakes · brake · crash · fender bender · swerve · glaze · patches
- iceiceberg, ice sheet, ice cap, ice shelf, ice floe
- road signsstop sign, yield sign, speed limit sign, warning sign, stop
- winterscapessnow, snowfall, snowflake, snowflakes, snowdrift