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freeway

noun
/ˈfɹiː.weɪ/

Etymology

From free + way.

  1. derived from *weǵʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *wegaz✻
  3. inherited from *weg✻
  4. inherited from weġ
  5. inherited from way
  6. compounded as freeway — “free + way”

Definitions

  1. A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and…

    A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic running in two directions on one separate carriageway each

    • Contrary to what one might expect of an essay on freeways, this one is neither a diatribe nor a paean.
    • A 106-kilometer section of this 117-kilometer new freeway (between Hsinchu and Hsichih 汐止) was opened to traffic in 1997, and the entire line will be finished in December 1999.
    • In the late 1950s and 1960s most large cities started planning freeway systems, acknowledging the incredible growth in car ownership.

  2. A toll-free highway.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA