Advertisement

Advertisement

motorway

[ moh-ter-wey ]

noun

British.
  1. an expressway.


motorway

/ ˈəʊəˌɱɪ /

noun

  1. a main road for fast-moving traffic, having limited access, separate carriageways for vehicles travelling in opposite directions, and usually a total of four or six lanes US namessuperhighwayalso Canadianexpressway
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of motorway1

First recorded in 1900–05; motor + way 1
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

National Highways has also lifted roadworks from more than 1,100 miles of motorway and major A roads, with 97.5% of its network now free of traffic cones.

From

The main motorway of the global economy is effectively shut.

From

The city's busiest road, which connects the centre with the international airport, is impassable, as is some of the motorway that connects the capital to the country's main port, Matadi.

From

Two children, their father and his partner were unlawfully killed when they crashed head-on with a car being driven the wrong way on a motorway by a suicidal man, a coroner has ruled.

From

"We have to find a cash buyer that's willing to buy a lovely cottage next to a motorway and I'm sorry, but those buyers are very, very few and far between."

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


motor voter lawmototaxi