drum

1. road; highway
   Ceo dan smo proveli na drumu. — We spent the whole day on the road.
   Kraj druma je stajala stara kafana. — An old tavern stood by the road.

In everyday speech put is the usual word; drum is a neutral standard word that sounds somewhat more folksy and is common in songs and set phrases, as well as in the fixed terms drumski saobraćaj (road traffic) and drumska policija (traffic police).