What does "thorofare" mean?

A thoroughfare; a road, path, or way forming a route between two places.

What is a synonym for "thorofare"?

Common synonyms include: alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery.

Thorofare

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Noun

1
A thoroughfare; a road, path, or way forming a route between two places.
"Gaines Avenue was once a "Quality Street". It runs on a diagonal from Malvern Avenue, a one-time first class residential thorofare to the Missouri Pacific Tracks."

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alley alleyway arterial arterial highway arterial street artery

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"Gaines Avenue was once a "Quality Street". It runs on a diagonal from Malvern Avenue, a one-time first class residential thorofare to the Missouri Pacific Tracks."

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