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| Main Entry: |
artery
[ahr-tuh-ree]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | channel |
| Synonyms: | avenue, boulevard, canal, conduit, corridor, course, duct, highway, line, passage, pathway, road, route, sewer, thoroughfare, track, tube, way |
| Notes: | arteries carry clean oxygenated blood from the heart, veins return impure blood back to the heart, and capillaries connect the ends of arteries to the beginnings of veins |
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| Main Entry: | boulevard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | street, often lined with trees |
| Synonyms: | artery, avenue, drag, highway, passage, path, road, thoroughfare, track, way |
| Main Entry: | channel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pathway, usually containing water |
| Synonyms: | approach, aqueduct, arroyo, artery, avenue, canal, canyon, carrier, chamber, chase, conduit, course, dig, ditch, duct, fluting, furrow, gouge, groove, gully, gutter, main, means, medium, pass, passage, pipe, raceway, route, runway, sewer, slit, sound, strait, tideway, trough, tube, tunnel, vein, watercourse, way |
| Main Entry: | freeway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expressway |
| Synonyms: | artery, beltway, highway, interstate, parkway, road, superhighway, thoroughfare, thruway |
| Main Entry: | highway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heavily traveled, capacious road |
| Synonyms: | artery, avenue, boulevard, drag*, four-lane, freeway, interstate, parking lot, parkway, path, pike, roadway, skyway, street, super slab, superhighway, thoroughfare, toll road, track, turnpike |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | road |
| Synonyms: | alley, artery, avenue, back street, boulevard, byway, drive, expressway, highway, parkway, passage, pathway, roadway, route, street, thoroughfare, throughway, thruway, turnpike |
| Main Entry: | network |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | system of connections |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, artery, chain, checkerboard, circuitry, complex, convolution, crisscross, fabric, fiber, grid, grill, grillwork, hookup, interconnections, jungle, labyrinth, maze, mesh, net, netting, nexus, organization, patchwork, plexus, reticulation, reticule, screening, structure, system, tessellation, tracks, wattle, weave, web, wiring |
| Main Entry: | path |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | course, way |
| Synonyms: | aisle, artery, avenue, beat, beaten path, boulevard, byway, crosscut, direction, drag, footpath, groove, highway, lane, line, pass, passage, pathway, procedure, rail, road, roadway, route, rut, shortcut, street, stroll, terrace, thoroughfare, track, trail, walk, walkway |
| Antonyms: | blockage |
| Main Entry: | road |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path upon which travel occurs |
| Synonyms: | alley, artery, asphalt, avenue, back street, boulevard, byway, cobblestone, concrete, course, crossroad, direction, drag*, dragway, drive, expressway, highway, lane, line, main drag, parking lot, parkway, passage, pathway, pavement, pike, roadway, route, street, subway, terrace, thoroughfare, throughway, thruway, track, trail, turnpike, viaduct, way |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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