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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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noun
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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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A toll-free highway.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Freeways"
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| Word | Definition |
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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.] |
| pikenoun | Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius. |
| state highway | A 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. |
| corridorsnoun | A 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. |
| hallwaysnoun | A corridor in a building that connects rooms. |
| highwaysnoun | A 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. |
| roadwaysnoun | The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles. |
| highwaynoun | A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare. |
| roadsnoun | (nautical, occasionally in the singular) A roadstead. |
| highway systemnoun | a transportation system consisting of roads for motor transport |
| interstatenoun | (US) A freeway that is part of the Interstate Highway System. |
| roadwaynoun | The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles. |
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