beltway
beltway definition
☆ belt·way (belt′wā′)
noun
an expressway passing around an urban area
beltway Idioms
the Beltway
☆ Washington, D.C., esp. as regarded as the center of U.S. government and politics: so called from the expressway around the District of Columbia & nearby areas
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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