freeway
A highway with grade-separated crossings and designed for high-speed motor-traffic…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
» There was a terrible accident on the freeway yesterday.
Meaning
2 senses(US)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
a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
A toll-free highway.
Examples
35 sentencesThere was a terrible accident on the freeway yesterday.
Do they have bike lanes on the freeways in Australia?
Чи бувають велосипедні доріжки на автострадах Австралії?
There was a terrible accident on the freeway.
ruНа автостраде произошла ужасная катастрофа.
deAuf der Autobahn gab es einen schrecklichen Unfall.
There's a lot of traffic on the freeway.
Get on the freeway.
Origin
From free + way.From free + way.
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Forms
plural: freewaysSynonyms
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