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Motorway
//ˈməʊtəweɪ// noun
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Noun
- 1 A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each. Ireland, New-South-Wales, New-Zealand, UK
"All the R. R.'s of America will have to be furnished with a biking way and a motor way on each side of the rails."
- 2 a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic wordnet
- 3 A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing. US
"In December, track operators replaced the crushed rock with brick, earning the motorway the nickname, Brickyard."
Etymology
From motor + way.
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