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Freeways

A road designed for safe, high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections, usually divided and having at least two lanes in each direction; a dual carriageway with no at-grade crossings, a motorway.

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  1. 1

    A road designed for safe, high-speed operation of motor vehicles through the elimination of at-grade intersections, usually divided and having at least two lanes in each direction; a dual carriageway with no at-grade crossings, a motorway.

  2. 2

    A toll-free highway.

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expresswaynoun(Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Philippines) Synonym of freeway.
motorwaynoun(UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Queensland, New South Wales) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.
superhighwaynoun(figurative) The primary mechanism used in the movement of electronic data or information; information superhighway.
throughwaynoun(US) (Normally and officially spelled thruway) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare.
thruwaynoun(US) Standard form of throughway. [(US) (Normally and officially spelled thruway) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare.]
pikenounAny carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
state highwayA state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province.
corridorsnounA narrow hall or passage with rooms leading off it, as in a building or in a railway carriage.
expresswaysnoun(Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Philippines) Synonym of freeway.
hallwaysnounA corridor in a building that connects rooms.
highwaysnounA main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
motorwaysnoun(UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Queensland, New South Wales) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.
multilane(of a road or of vehicular traffic) Having more than one lane of traffic traveling in at least one direction.
superhighwaysnoun(figurative) The primary mechanism used in the movement of electronic data or information; information superhighway.
roadwaysnounThe main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
highwaynounA main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
roadsnoun(nautical, occasionally in the singular) A roadstead.
highway systemnouna transportation system consisting of roads for motor transport
interstatenoun(US) A freeway that is part of the Interstate Highway System.
roadwaynounThe main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.

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