English Explanatory Dictionary

highway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
  2. Any public road.
  3. A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny.
  4. A road that is major (more heavily traveled and thus more important than a byway), higher than the surrounding land, has drainage ditches at the sides, or has any combination of those traits.
  5. Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”).
verb
  1. To travel on a highway
name
  1. A number of places in England:
  2. A western suburb of Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8680).
  3. A neighbourhood of Redruth, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7143).
  4. A neighbourhood in Stoke sub Hamdon parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4717).
  5. A hamlet in Hilmarton parish, north-central Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0474).
  6. A number of places in the Philippines:
  7. A sitio in the barangay of Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
  8. A sitio in the barangay of San Carlos, Rosario, Batangas, Philippines.
  9. A sitio in the barangay of San Jose, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
  10. A sitio in the barangay of Anoling, General Nakar, Quezon, Philippines.
  11. A sitio in the barangay of Ikirin, Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines.
  12. A sitio in the barangay of Pinagbayanan, Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines.

Pronunciation

/ˈhaɪweɪ/ en-us-highway.ogg

Word forms

highway highways hwy. hwy hi'way hi-way hiway hi way highwaying highwayed

Etymology

From Middle English heiȝwai, heiȝwei, from Old English hēahweġ (“main road, highway”), corresponding to high + way. Compare highgate, high street, high road. Cognate with Scots heaway, heway, hieway, hichway, heichway (“highway”).

Synonyms

bus Poblacion

Derived words

antihighway belt highway controlled-access highway digital highway divided highway hedgehog highway Hershey highway Highway Code highway engineer highway hypnosis highwayless highwaylike highwayman highway patrol highway robber highway robbery highway-robbery highwaywoman highway yellow hijack hwy. information highway Karakoram Highway King's highway limited-access highway lost highway Marilaque Highway my way or the highway one's way or the highway Nether highway nonhighway plain as Dunstable highway semi-highway St Kew Highway superhighway superinformation highway tourist highway
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