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    THROUGHWAY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A broad highway designed for high-speed trafficplay

    Synonyms:

    expressway; freeway; motorway; pike; state highway; superhighway; throughway; thruway

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("throughway" is a kind of...):

    highway; main road (a major road for any form of motor transport)

    Meronyms (parts of "throughway"):

    carriageway (one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "throughway"):

    autobahn (an expressway in a German-speaking country)

    autostrada (an expressway in an Italian-speaking country)

    toll road; turnpike (an expressway on which tolls are collected)

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