highway

high·way  (hw)

n. Abbr. hwy. or hgwy.

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

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highway

Noun

1. a public road that everyone may use

2. US, Canad, Austral & NZ a main road, esp. one that connects towns

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"

Translations

highway [ˈhaɪweɪ] n → carretera;

(US) → autopista

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highway [ˈhaɪweɪ] high n (Brit) → route f;

(US) → route nationale;

the information highway → l'autoroute f de l'information

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highway [ˈhaɪweɪ] high (US) n → Straße f;

(between towns, states) → Landstraße f;

information highway → Datenautobahn f

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highway [ˈhaɪweɪ] n → strada maestra;

the information highway → l'autostrada telematica