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Grammar : Noun
Spell : thur-oh-fair, -uh-fair, thuhr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈθɜr oʊˌfɛər, -əˌfɛər, ˈθʌr-

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Définition of thoroughfare

Origin :
  • late 14c., "passage or way through," from thorough + fare.
  • noun roadway
Example sentences :
  • The path was wider and more worn now--almost a thoroughfare, in fact.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • Quickly her glance returned to his face; his gaze was bent down the thoroughfare.
  • Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
  • Hitch Pegasus to a family cart and he can't go off the thoroughfare.
  • Extract from : « Potts's Painless Cure » by Edward Bellamy
  • It would entirely change the thoroughfare of the world's commerce.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • It turned their hopes and aspirations in a way which was really "no thoroughfare."
  • Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
  • That lake that was no lake offered about as good a thoroughfare as rats get in a rain-barrel.
  • Extract from : « The La Chance Mine Mystery » by Susan Carleton Jones
  • There must be some thoroughfare to firm ground and clear vision.
  • Extract from : « Miracles and Supernatural Religion » by James Morris Whiton
  • To his consternation, the van turned off the thoroughfare and headed in his direction.
  • Extract from : « The Servant Problem » by Robert F. Young
  • At length the thoroughfare was cleared and the Count's vehicle could proceed.
  • Extract from : « Monte-Cristo's Daughter » by Edmund Flagg
  • Would not that very much depend upon its being in a thoroughfare?
  • Extract from : « On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by John Ruskin
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