Freeway

Quick meaning: Freeway is a noun meaning A toll-free highway.

Meaning

A toll-free highway.

More Meanings

1. (US, Parts of Canada and Australia) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic running in two directions on one separate carriageway each

Example Sentences

Contrary to what one might expect of an essay on freeways, this one is neither a diatribe nor a paean.

In the late 1950s and 1960s most large cities started planning freeway systems, acknowledging the incredible growth in car ownership.

The Australian freeway story of the late twentieth century, like many planning stories, can be told as one of high technical expectations dashed by political controversy.

A 106-kilometer section of this 117-kilometer new freeway (between Hsinchu and Hsichih 汐止) was opened to traffic in 1997, and the entire line will be finished in December 1999.

Word Forms

• freeways

Synonyms for freeway

Depending on context, synonyms include motorway, expressway, autoroute, autobahn, pike, throughway.

Antonyms for freeway

Common opposites include turnpike, tollway, motorway.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include expressway, motorway, superhighway, throughway, thruway, pike.

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