THROUGHWAY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

Synonyms:

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)