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highways and byways

highways and byways noun: collectively, the roads and paths of a given place.

Noun

highways and byways pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Collectively, the roads and paths of a given place.
    • But even if railroads are run across the mountains or the desert reclaimed by scientific methods of investigation or rubber gathered, as it was until recently, in enormous quantities in all the highways and byways of a once impenetrable forest, still all these are done by such methods and at such...1924, Isaiah Bowman, Desert Trails of Atacama, pages 19-20

Questions about highways and byways

What does highways and byways mean?
Highways and byways means collectively, the roads and paths of a given place.
What part of speech is highways and byways?
Highways and byways is a noun.

Words near highways and byways in the dictionary

  1. highwaylike
  2. highwayman
  3. highwaymen
  4. highways
  5. Highways Agency
  6. highways and byways
  7. highwaywoman
  8. highwaywomen
  9. highwheeler
  10. highwheelers
  11. highwire

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