highway

[hahy-wey]

noun

1. a main road, especially one between towns or cities.

   the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle.

   Synonyms: interstate, thruway, freeway, expressway

2. any public road or waterway.

3. any main or ordinary route, track, or course.

highway

/ ˈhaɪˌweɪ /

noun

1. a public road that all may use

2. law a main road, esp one that connects towns or cities

3. a main route for any form of transport

4. a direct path or course

Word History and Origins

Origin of highway¹

before 900; Middle English heyewei, Old English heiweg. See high, way ¹

Example Sentences

His niece met him on landing back near a highway.

From Los Angeles Times

The only traffic control was a few cones placed along the highway’s shoulder.

From Los Angeles Times

In the few minutes it had taken to drop their son off, a landslide-plagued portion of the highway — ominously named Last Chance Grade — had crumbled.

From Los Angeles Times

In the wake of his abduction on a highway in Tanzania's main city Dar es Salaam, social media activist Edgar Mwakabela, better known as Sativa, says he came close to death.

From BBC

A viral video shows a never-ending row of cars clogging at least a dozen lanes of a key highway.

From BBC

Related Words

• artery 
• avenue 
• boulevard 
• freeway 
• interstate 
• parking lot 
• path 
• roadway 
• street 
• superhighway 
• thoroughfare 
• track 
• turnpike