A beltway is a road that goes around a city or town, to keep traffic away from the centre.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, use ring road
beltway in British English
(ˈbɛltˌweɪ)
noun
1. the usual US name for a ring road
2. (usually capital)
a.
the people and institutions located in the area bounded by the Washington Beltway, taken to be politically and socially out of touch with the rest of America and much given to political intrigue
b.
(as modifier)
Beltway Cassandras
beltway in American English
(ˈbɛltˌweɪ)
US
noun
an expressway passing around an urban area
Idioms:
the Beltway
Examples of 'beltway' in a sentence
beltway
Tess realized it was the first time he had spoken since they had merged onto the Baltimore beltway two hours earlier.
Laura Lippman THE LAST PLACE (2002)
Chinese translation of 'beltway'
beltway
(ˈbɛltweɪ) (US)
n(c)
(= ring road) 环(環)城公路 (huánchéng gōnglù) (条(條), tiá)