Highway Definition

hīwā

highways

noun

highways

Any road freely open to everyone; public road.

Webster's New World

A main road; thoroughfare, specif. one maintained by a state or federal government and designed to accommodate a heavy traffic flow.

Webster's New World

Any main route by land or water.

Webster's New World

A direct way to some objective.

Webster's New World

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Other Word Forms of Highway

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highway

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highways

Old English hēah (“of great height, tall”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kowkos (“hill”) +

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Old English weġ (“road, path”), from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move”).

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