freewaynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfriː.weɪ/us/ˈfriː.weɪ/a wide road for fast-moving traffic, especially in the US, with a limited number of places at which drivers can enter and leave it:
the Santa Monica freeway
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Roads: motorways
- access road
- artery
- autobahn
- carriageway
- clearway
- contraflow
- fast lane
- hard shoulder
- highway
- interstate
- M, m
- motorway
- passing lane
- pike
- ramp
- route
- shoulder
- slip road
- superhighway
- toll plaza
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