highway
English Thesaurus
1. a major road for any form of motor transport (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | road, route, |
| definition | : | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | arterial road, |
| definition | : | a major or main route (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway, |
| definition | : | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | divided highway, dual carriageway, |
| definition | : | a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | interstate, interstate highway, |
| definition | : | one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States (noun.artifact) |
| instance hyponym | : | appian way, |
| definition | : | an ancient Roman road in Italy extending south from Rome to Brindisi; begun in 312 BC (noun.artifact) |
| instance hyponym | : | flaminian way, |
| definition | : | an ancient Roman road in Italy built by Gaius Flaminius in 220 BC; extends north from Rome to cisalpine Gaul (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | interchange, |
| definition | : | a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | traffic lane, |
| definition | : | a lane of a main road that is defined by painted lines (noun.artifact) |
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