Motorway

//ˈməʊtəweɪ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic wordnet
  3. 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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