highway
/ˈhaɪweɪ/ noun A2- A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
- Any public road.
- A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny. · You're on a highway to greatness.
- Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”).
Plural highways
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After alluding airily to the Vehmgericht, aqua tofana, Carbonari, the Marchioness de Brinvilliers, the Darwinian theory, the principles of Malthus, and the Ratcliff Highway murders, the article concluded by admonishing the Government and advocating a closer watch over foreigners in England.
Glow-worm in the highway rut,
The girl, after leaving her entertainer, sped swiftly cross-town until she arrived at a handsome and sedate mansion two squares to the east, facing on that avenue which is the highway of Mammon and the auxiliary gods.
A HORSE, proud of his fine trappings, met an Ass on the highway.
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