secondroute

noun
UK /ˈsekənd ruːt/
US /ˈsekənd ruːt/

Another way to go when the first way is blocked.

The bridge was closed, so we took a secondroute through the park.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A plan you use if your first plan does not work.

If the tickets sell out, our secondroute is to watch the game at home.

3. A second way of doing or solving something.

The teacher showed us a secondroute to solve the math problem.

4. A path used after the main road is closed.

Drivers used a secondroute while the highway was being fixed.