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Definition of "freeway" []

  • See expressway. (noun)
  • A highway without tolls. (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 "freeway" in a sentence
  • "The freeway is closed for almost 40 miles - I have no idea how our truckers are going to make it through with our orders since it's the main freeway - but I'm just thankful that everyone I know and love is safe right now."
  • "You slept through your alarm, the kids are whining, you burned your toast, you spilled coffee on your pants, the freeway is a parking lot."
  • "While driving home along an empty stretch of freeway from a dinner party at a senior executive's house outside Houston, the ultracompetitive Bethune thought he'd leave his underling, Smisek, in the dust and pulled away in his Porsche at 130 miles per hour."