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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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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