highway

high·way  (hw)

n. Abbr. hwy. or hgwy.

A main public road, especially one connecting towns and cities.

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highway [ˈhaɪˌweɪ]

n

1. a public road that all may use

2. Now chiefly US and Canadian except in legal contexts a main road, esp one that connects towns or cities

3. a main route for any form of transport

4. a direct path or course

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highway

• frontage road - A smaller road that runs alongside a highway or major road.
• highway, expressway, freeway, parkway, turnpike - A highway is a main road, while an expressway is a multilane highway; freeways, parkways, and turnpikes are types of expressways.
• scamp - Once meant a highwayman; as a verb, it meant "rob on the highway."
• interstate - A highway that is part of the federal network of major roads; despite their name, some interstates do not cross state lines.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

highway - a major road for any form of motor transport main road arterial road - a major or main route beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway - a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center divided highway, dual carriageway - a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions; "in Britain they call a divided highway a dual carriageway" expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway - a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic highroad, trunk road - a highway interchange - a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams interstate, interstate highway - one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States road, route - an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation traffic lane - a lane of a main road that is defined by painted lines; "that car is in the wrong traffic lane"

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highway

noun main road, motorway, roadway, thoroughfare I crossed the highway, dodging the traffic.

Translations

highway [ˈhaɪweɪ]

A. N (= main road) → carretera f; (= motorway) → autopista f
highways department → administración f de carreteras

B. CPD Highway Code N → Código m de la Circulación
highway robbery N → salteamiento m, atraco m (en el camino)

highway [ˈhaɪweɪ] n

(= road) → grand-route f, route f nationale

(COMPUTING) information highway
highway code n (British) → code m de la route

highway [ˈhaɪˌweɪ]

1. n → strada principale or maestra
public highway → strada pubblica
he knows all the highways and byways of Tuscany → conosce tutte le strade e stradine della Toscana