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highway

English

Etymology

From Middle English hei?wai, hei?wei, from Old English h?ahwe? (“main road, highway”), corresponding to high +? way. Compare highgate, high street, high road.

Cognate with Scots heaway, heway, hieway, hichway, heichway (“highway”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?ha?we?/
  • Rhymes: -a?we?

Noun

highway (plural highways)

  1. (historical) A road that is higher than the surrounding land and has drainage ditches at the sides
  2. A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
  3. (figuratively) A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny
  4. (law, rail transport) Any public road for vehicular traffic.
  5. (computing) Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”)

Synonyms

  • (road): hwy. (abbreviation)

Hyponyms

  • (main public road): expressway, motorway

Derived terms

  • hwy. (abbreviation)
  • Highway Code
  • highway hypnosis
  • highwayman
  • highway patrol
  • highway robber, highway robbery
  • one's way or the highway

Translations

References

  • highway at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • highway in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

highway From the web:

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  • what highway is near me
  • what highway is alligator alley

tollway

English

Etymology

toll +? way

Noun

tollway (plural tollways)

  1. A toll road or toll highway, where a fee is charged in order to travel on it; a turnpike.

Translations

Anagrams

  • tallowy

tollway From the web:

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  • what tollways are free
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  • tollway what does it mean
  • what's a tollway highway
  • what us tollway
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  • what is tollway melbourne
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