freeway
Americannoun
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an express highway with no intersections, usually having traffic routed on and off by means of a cloverleaf.
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a toll-free highway.
noun
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another name for expressway
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a major road that can be used without paying a toll
Etymology
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Example Sentences
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The vehicles are being tested and gradually rolled out on Los Angeles freeways, the company said last year.
From Los Angeles Times
At the time of his death on Jan. 10, 2021, Villalba, 64, was living in a tent beneath a freeway overpass in Long Beach.
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Mom hops on the freeway and moves to the carpool lane.
From Literature
The work is hidden from most freeway passersby and those driving below since Agoura Road is closed during weekday working hours.
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For most of the last week, Taufahema has left his graveyard shift job as a security guard and driven to the walkway across the 101 freeway between the Balboa Boulevard and White Oak Avenue exits.
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