highway in English: A big main road between towns and cities. (noun)

Translation

A big main road between towns and cities.

Word origin

From Old English heahweg, from heah (high) and weg (way); high here meant main or chief.

lorries .

A highway is a wide main road for fast traffic.

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You drive along or down a highway.

American ; motorway.

Both words mean a big fast road between cities.

road

A long, hard path that cars and people use to travel from one place to another.

car

A road vehicle with four wheels and an engine that carries a small number of people.

drive

To make a car or other vehicle move and to steer it.

fast

Moving or happening at a high speed, so it takes very little time.

traffic

All the cars, buses and lorries moving along a road at the same time.

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