highroad

or high road

[ hahy-rohd ]

/ ˈhaɪˌroʊd /

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noun

Chiefly British. a main road; highway.

an easy or certain course: the highroad to success.

an honorable or ethical course.

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Origin of highroad

First recorded in 1700–10; high + road

Words nearby highroad

high-res, high-resolution, high-rise, high-riser, high-risk, highroad, high roller, high-rolling, high school, high sea, high seas

How to use highroad in a sentence

But the much-tried lady was on the highroad toward trouble-borrowing and bound to reach her end.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
Near a large town, along the broad highroad walked an old sick man.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems|Ivan Turgenev
On the other side of this she came into a lane which led out on a highroad.
Littlebourne Lock|F. Bayford Harrison
Then, pulling at the collar, he hauled off his load after him along the highroad.
Child Life In Town And Country|Anatole France

To the south was a country filled with slaves, who looked to Harper's Ferry as the highroad to freedom.
Historic Adventures|Rupert S. Holland

British Dictionary definitions for highroad

highroad

/ (ˈhaɪˌrəʊd) /

noun

a main road; highway

(the highroad) the sure waythe highroad to fame

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