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Synonyms for highway

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hahy-wey
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhaɪˌweɪ

Top 10 synonyms for highway
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Définition of highway

Origin :
  • Old English heahweg "main road from one town to another;" see high (adj.) in sense of "main" + way. High street (Old English heahstræte) was the word before 17c. applied to highways and main roads, whether in the country or town, especially one of the Roman roads. In more recent usage, it generally is the proper name of the street of a town which is built upon a highway and was the principal street of the place.
  • noun heavily traveled, capacious road
Example sentences :
  • They were working on the highway in that place, and there he found employment.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • Off he walked briskly, to get well away from the houses and to reach the highway.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • "The Highway of Egypt" was a silver-paved road, leading to adventure.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Once more we were in the by-road which had brought us westward parallel with the highway.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • Then she heard the voice again, far off through the woods, up along that highway.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • "I had a lot of frankfurters and things at the places along the highway," Pee-wee said.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • The world seemed to be making a pathway, of rather a highway, to Pee-wee's door.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • Cars—hundreds of cars—from the highway—they're coming along the road.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • They were trotting toward me in the highway, hardly a hundred yards off.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • They hit inter th' highway from Barter, that's what they done.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
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