HIGHWAY

highway, main road

(noun) a major road for any form of motor transport

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

highway (plural highways)

A main, direct public road, especially a multi-lane, high speed thoroughfare connecting major population centers.

(legal, rail) Any public road for vehicular traffic.

Synonyms

• hwy. (abbreviation)

Hyponyms

• (main public road): expressway, motorway

Source: Wiktionary


High"way`, n.

Definition: A road or way open to the use of the public; a main road or thoroughfare.

Syn.

– Way; road; path; course.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.

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