motorway
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motorway
- /ˈməʊtəweɪ/ UK
- /ˈməwtəwɛj/ British, Southern, Standard
Where it comes from
From motor + way.
noun motorways
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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.
Similar: freeway, expressway, highway, autoroute
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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.
Similar: speedway
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: freeway, expressway, superhighway, throughway, thruway, pike, state highway, road, autoroute, highway, parkway, hwy, causeway, route, gardiner, interstate
Translations
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noun highway designed for high-speed motor-traffic
| Español | autopista, autovía |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 고속도로 gosokdoro |
| 日本語 | 高速道路 kōsoku dōro, 自動車道 jidōshadō |
| 中文 | 高速公路 gāosù gōnglù, 快速公路 kuàisù gōnglù |
| हिन्दी | द्रुतमार्ग drutmārg |
| Português | autoestrada |
| Français | autoroute |
| Deutsch | Autobahn, Kraftfahrstraße |
| Italiano | autostrada |
| Ελληνικά | αυτοκινητόδρομος υπερταχείας κυκλοφορίας aftokinitódromos ypertacheías kykloforías, δρόμος χωρίς διόδια drómos chorís diódia |
| Română | autostradă |
| Русский | автостра́да avtostráda, автомагистра́ль avtomagistrálʹ, автоба́н avtobán, фри́вей frívej, фриве́й frivéj, магистра́ль magistrálʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | đường cao tốc, đường ô tô chính, đường trục ô tô |
| العربية | أُوتُوسْتْرَاد ʔutustrād, طَرِيق سَرِيع ṭarīq sarīʕ |
Talk about this word "motorway." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/motorway. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. motorway. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/motorway "motorway." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/motorway.Cite this
@misc{motorway_2026,
title = {motorway},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/motorway},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
