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motorways

motorways is the plural of motorway.

Meaning of motorway

Noun

motorway (plural motorways)

  1. (Ireland, New-South-Wales, New Zealand, UK) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.
    • All the R. R.'s of America will have to be furnished with a biking way and a motor way on each side of the rails.1895 October, “Real Estate”, in California Banker's Magazine, page 429
  2. (US) A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.
    • In December, track operators replaced the crushed rock with brick, earning the motorway the nickname, Brickyard.2018, Paul R. Wonning, A Year of Indiana History Stories, volume 1, Greensburg, Indiana: Mossy Feet Books, page 250
    Synonyms:
    speedway

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Questions about motorways

What is motorways the plural of?
Motorways is the plural of motorway.

Words near motorways in the dictionary

  1. motorvate
  2. motorvated
  3. motorvates
  4. motorvating
  5. motorway
  6. motorways
  7. motorwind
  8. motory
  9. motoryacht
  10. motoryachting
  11. motoryachts

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