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[ hahy-wey ] / ˈhaɪˌweɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR highway ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna main road, especially one between towns or cities: the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle. any public road or waterway. any main or ordinary route, track, or course. Origin of highwaybefore 900; Middle English heyewei,Old English heiweg.See high, way1 SYNONYMS FOR highway1 expressway, freeway, thruway, interstate. SEE SYNONYMS FOR highway ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby highwayhigh-voltage, highwall, high water, high-water mark, high waters, highway, Highway Code, highway contract route, highwayman, highway patrol, highway robbery Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for highwayIt was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway. Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST Cruce operates the Iron Hill Campground on the other side of the highway. The 7-Year-Old Plane Crash Survivor’s Brutal Journey Through the Woods|James Higdon|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST Hundreds of cops saluting as the bodies were rolled out with a full escort by highway patrol. Anger at The Cop Killer - And The Police|M.L. Nestel|December 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Highway safety flares provided light as the clans joined by loss sought solace in prayer and song. The Cleveland Cops Who Fired 137 Shots and Cried Victim|Michael Daly|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In 2002, he was arrested for reckless driving after swerving his SUV off the highway. Creed Singer Scott Stapp’s Fall From Grace: From 40 Million Albums Sold to Living in a Holiday Inn|Marlow Stern|November 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST I would not allow that paper, blown by the wind, to scare me from the highway of the argument! The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 10 (of 12)|Robert G. Ingersoll Oh, better the highway with its friendly blossoms than this couch of down and this stifled atmosphere which I am breathing! Allegories of Life|Mrs. J. S. Adams A short distance east of the mill-pond Otter Creek crosses the highway and sinks in the sand, becoming a lost stream. Baraboo, Dells, and Devil's Lake Region|H. E. Cole The cottage itself was on the main shore road leading from the village to Keyport Light, and a little removed from the highway. Caleb West, Master Diver|F. Hopkinson Smith The shadows were already lengthening, and a cool breeze stirred the deep aisles of the pines on either side of the highway. From Sand Hill to Pine|Bret Harte
British Dictionary definitions for highway
nouna public road that all may use mainly US and Canadian law a main road, esp one that connects towns or cities a main route for any form of transport a direct path or course Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to highwayroadway, boulevard, thoroughfare, track, parking lot, freeway, street, superhighway, path, turnpike, artery, avenue, interstate, pike, drag, skyway, parkway, toll road, four-lane |