MOTORWAY

expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway

(noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

motorway (plural motorways)

(British, Ireland, New Zealand, parts of Australia) A broad highway designed for high speed traffic, having restrictions on the vehicle types permitted and merging lanes instead of cross traffic; in parts of the United States and other places called freeway.

Synonyms

• controlled-access highway

• freeway

• others regionally

Hypernyms

• highway

Source: Wiktionary



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