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Definition of "expressway" []

  • A major divided highway designed for high-speed travel, having few or no intersections. Also called freeway, limited access highway, superhighway, thruway. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "expressway" in a sentence
  • "Brooklyn itself was fine but calling 278 an expressway is a laugh."
  • "I called the expressway authority and they said DOT uses the readers for traffic monitoring?"
  • ""This expressway will be a huge launch pad for us in many ways," he says."