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expressways
[ik-spres-wey] 
| Main Entry: |
expressway
[ik-spres-wey]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large, well-travelled road |
| Synonyms: | freeway, interstate, parkway, superhighway, thruway, turnpike |
| Notes: | a highway is a main road; an expressway is a multilane highway; freeway, parkway, turnpike are types of expressways |
| 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
| Main Entry: | turnpike |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highway |
| Synonyms: | expressway, four-lane, freeway, interstate, parkway, pike, roadway, state highway, superhighway, toll road |
| Main Entry: | speedway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | racetrack |
| Synonyms: | course, expressway, highway, track, turnpike |
| Main Entry: | pike |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highway |
| Synonyms: | drive, expressway, freeway, lance, parkway, point, road, thruway, tollgate |
| Main Entry: | thoroughfare |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | roadway |
| Synonyms: | artery, avenue, boulevard, causeway, channel, expressway, freeway, highway, lane, parkway, passage, path, road, strait, street, turnpike, waterway |
| Main Entry: | roadway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | road |
| Synonyms: | artery, asphalt, avenue, back street, boulevard, byway, cobblestone, concrete, course, crossroad, direction, drag*, dragway, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, lane, line, main drag, parking lot, parkway, passage, path, pathway, pavement, pike, route, street, subway, superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare, throughway, thruway, track, trail, turnpike, viaduct, way |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | superhighway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | road |
| Synonyms: | artery, asphalt, avenue, back street, boulevard, byway, cobblestone, concrete, course, crossroad, direction, drag*, dragway, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, lane, line, main drag, parking lot, parkway, passage, path, pathway, pavement, pike, roadway, route, street, subway, terrace, thoroughfare, throughway, thruway, track, trail, turnpike, viaduct, way |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thruway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | road |
| Synonyms: | artery, asphalt, avenue, back street, boulevard, byway, cobblestone, concrete, course, crossroad, direction, drag*, dragway, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, lane, line*, main drag, parking lot, parkway, passage, path, pathway, pavement, pike, roadway, route, street, subway, superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare, throughway, track, trail, turnpike, viaduct, way |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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