thoroughfare

The definition of a thoroughfare is a main road or a road that connects two places.

(noun)

The main street that takes you from one end of town to the other is an example of a thoroughfare.

See thoroughfare in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a way through or passage through
a public street open at both ends; esp., such a street through which there is much traffic; highway; main road

Origin: ME thurghfare: see through & fare

See thoroughfare in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Middle English thurghfare

Origin: : thurgh, thorow, through; see Thorough

Origin: + fare, road (from Old English faru, fǽr, from faran, to go; see fare)

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