highway
a main road, especially one between towns or cities: the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle.
any public road or waterway.
any main or ordinary route, track, or course.
Origin of highway
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How to use highway in a sentence
These are modern-day minstrels, trolling late-night highways to bring their art to your door.
On Tour With The Head and the Heart, Indie Rock’s Next Big Thing | James Joiner | December 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are certain things that everyone knows the government takes the lead on—highways probably being the most obvious.
Democrats Are Petrified of Defending Government—but They Need to Start | Michael Tomasky | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere were calls from people on highways cradling cell-phones, lost trying to find gay saunas.
Sex, Suicide, and Homework: The Secret World of the Telephone Hotline | Tim Teeman | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSchools closed, the deficit ballooned, highways crumbled, jobs disappeared—I imagine ruby slippers were hocked.
In the 20th century, interstate highways provided the distribution networks for big-box retailers like Walmart.
All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.The speed of automobiles along the public highways may be regulated by law.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThe rules regulating travel on highways in this country are called, "the law of the road."
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesGo ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.'
His Last Week | William E. BartonI am speaking, of course, of the more traveled highways and country byways.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. Murphy
British Dictionary definitions for highway
/ (ˈhaɪˌweɪ) /
a public road that all may use
mainly US and Canadian law a main road, esp one that connects towns or cities
a main route for any form of transport
a direct path or course
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