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highway

/ˈhaɪˌweɪ/

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What does highway mean?

noun

  1. A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
  2. Any public road.
  3. (figuratively) A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny.
More meanings (14)

noun

  1. Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”).
  2. (archaic) A road that is major (more heavily traveled and thus more important than a byway), higher than the surrounding land, has drainage ditches at the sides, or has any combination of those traits.

verb

  1. To travel on a highway

proper noun

  1. A western suburb of Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8680).
  2. A neighbourhood of Redruth, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7143).
  3. A neighbourhood in Stoke sub Hamdon parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4717).
  4. A hamlet in Hilmarton parish, north-central Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0474).
  5. A sitio in the barangay of Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
  6. A sitio in the barangay of San Carlos, Rosario, Batangas, Philippines.
  7. A sitio in the barangay of San Jose, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
  8. A sitio in the barangay of Anoling, General Nakar, Quezon, Philippines.
  9. A sitio in the barangay of Ikirin, Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines.
  10. A sitio in the barangay of Pinagbayanan, Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines.
  11. A barangay of Dulag, Leyte, Philippines.
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IPA pronunciation

/ˈhaɪˌweɪ/

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The second bridge, of stone, was further out on the highway—in fact, fairly in the meadows, though still within the town boundary.
Thomas HardyThe Mayor of CasterbridgeProject Gutenberg ebook #143
Marion pitched his camp on the edge of a large cypress pond, which lay on the east, and closely skirted the highway.
William Gilmore SimmsThe Life of Francis MarionProject Gutenberg ebook #843
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No clever man with the instinct of a highway robber could fail to notice what a chance for business was here offered.
Mark TwainFollowing the Equator: A Journey Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #2895
To reach the Hut in safety it would be necessary for sledging parties returning from the interior to descend by this highway.
Douglas, Sir MawsonThe Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914Project Gutenberg ebook #6137
Back and forth along the slippery highway the tide of battle surged, but never once was the gateway to Kaol really in danger.
Edgar Rice BurroughsThe warlord of MarsProject Gutenberg ebook #68