different between roads vs highway

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: r?dz, IPA^(key): /?o?dz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???dz/
• Homophone: Rhodes
• Rhymes: -??dz

Noun

roads

1. plural of road

Noun

roads pl (plural only)

1. (nautical, occasionally in the singular) A roadstead.

Anagrams

• Rados, Sardo, dorsa, ordas, rados, sarod, sodar

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.