highway

highway
/huy"way'/, n.
1. a main road, esp. one between towns or cities: the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle.
2. any public road or waterway.
3. any main or ordinary route, track, or course.
[bef. 900; ME heyewei, OE heiweg. See HIGH, WAY]
Syn. 1. expressway, freeway, thruway, interstate.

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(as used in expressions)
Pan American Highway
Trans Canada Highway

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      major road, usually in rural areas, but more recently a rural or urban road where points of entrance and exit for traffic are limited and controlled. See road.

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