noun#3,768 by frequency
highway
/ˈhaɪweɪ/
A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare; Any public road
- plural
- highways
Meanings
- 1
A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare
Life is like a big highway.
Tatoeba · DJ_Saidez · CC BY 2.0 FR
The accident took place on the highway.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Any public road
- 3
A way; a path that leads to a certain destinyrare
- 4
A road that is major (more heavily traveled and thus more important than a byway), higher than the surrounding land, has drainage ditches at the sides, or has any combination of those traitsrare
- 5
Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”)rare