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multilane

multilane adjective: having more than one lane of traffic traveling in at least one direction.

Adjective

multilane (not comparable)

  1. Having more than one lane of traffic traveling in at least one direction.
    • The Government since 1956 has laced the U.S. with 33,000 miles of multilane highways.1972 March 27, “Away from Highways”, in Time
    • What fascinated me the most were the futuristic superhighways, multilane ribbons of traffic filled with cars, buses and trucks.2002 October 28, “Mail Call: Ten Years From Now”, in Newsweek

Origin of multilane

From multi- + lane.

Questions about multilane

What does multilane mean?
Multilane means having more than one lane of traffic traveling in at least one direction.
What part of speech is multilane?
Multilane is an adjective.

Words near multilane in the dictionary

  1. multilaminated
  2. multilamination
  3. multilamp
  4. multiland
  5. multilands
  6. multilane
  7. multilanguage
  8. multilanguages
  9. multilap
  10. multilaser
  11. multilateral

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