Meaning & use
highway
A main public road, especially one connecting cities or towns and built for fast travel.
See it in a sentence
Traffic on the highway slowed to a crawl during the holiday weekend.
We took the highway instead of the back roads to save nearly an hour.
A note on using this word
Highway is the general American term; British English more often uses motorway for the largest, fastest roads.
Words with a similar meaning
freewaymotorway
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