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fwy

fwy is the abbreviation of freeway.

Meaning of freeway

Noun

freeway (plural freeways)

  1. (US, Parts of Canada and Australia) 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
    • Contrary to what one might expect of an essay on freeways, this one is neither a diatribe nor a paean.1983, David Brodsly, L. A. Freeway: An Appreciative Essay, page 1
    Synonyms:
    motorway, expressway, autoroute, autobahn, interstate[:w:Interstate Highway System|Interstate Highway System]]>, limited-access highway, controlled-access highway
  2. A toll-free highway.

Forms of fwy

pluralfwys
alternative formfwy.

Questions about fwy

What is fwy the abbreviation of?
Fwy is the abbreviation of freeway.

Words near fwy in the dictionary

  1. FWR
  2. FWs
  3. FWSAR
  4. fwsh
  5. fwump
  6. fwy
  7. fwy.
  8. fwys
  9. fx
  10. FX risk
  11. FXAA

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fwy (page history and authors); freeway (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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