motorway

noun
/ˈməʊtəweɪ/UK

Etymology

From motor + way.

  1. derived from *weǵʰ-
  2. inherited from *wegaz
  3. inherited from *weg
  4. inherited from weġ
  5. inherited from way
  6. compounded as motorway — “motor + 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 (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.

    • All the R. R.'s of America will have to be furnished with a biking way and a motor way on each side of the rails.
    • It is presumed that in the working out of the program the motor trucks will automatically have the major use of the local low-speed highways paralleling the motorway.
  2. A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.

    • In December, track operators replaced the crushed rock with brick, earning the motorway the nickname, Brickyard.
    • The 9-degree banking you see in the Speedway’s four turns is believed to be the first intentionally banked motorway in the United States.

The neighborhood

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