Definition of ROADWAY

roadway

Plural: roadways

Noun

  • The part of a road intended for vehicle traffic.
  • a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel
  • A way used as a road.
  • The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.
  • The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic.

Examples

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Origin / Etymology

From Middle English *rodeway, *radewey (attested in radewey-stile (literally “roadway-stile”)), equivalent to road + way; road had the early sense of "riding" when the compound was formed, thus originally "a way for riding on".

Scrabble Score: 14

roadway: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
roadway: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
roadway: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

roadway: valid Words With Friends Word