Beltway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

A 64-mile Interstate freeway surrounding Washington, D.C.
The expressway that surrounds another city.
The US federal government and policy and lobbying organizations, located in Washington, D.C., sometimes with a suggestion of their elitism or insularity

adj

Of or relating to the culture of Washington, D.C., sometimes with a suggestion of its elitism or insularity; politicized.

noun

/ˈbɛltˌweɪ/

Beltway more Beltway most Beltway beltways

Extended from beltway (“freeway encircling a city”); compare also highway.

ring road belt

K Street

Beltway bandit inside-the-Beltway outside the Beltway

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