motorway

Plural: motorways

Noun

• A major road or highway; a freeway.
• a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
• 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.
• A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.

Examples

• His long, high-scoring word stretched across the board like a busy MOTORWAY.

Synonyms

expressway, freeway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway, (motor) speedway, autoroute, highway, motospeedway