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thoroughlane

thoroughlane noun: a way through, thoroughway.

Noun

thoroughlane (plural thoroughlanes)

  1. A way through, thoroughway.
    • We thought we'd taken a thoroughlane, but it must have been a hook road or a circlepath that with a netherbend led us through slant grass into this mortal vale.2003, Jaap Blonk, Let's go out
    • The streets all go steeply down hill from the main thoroughlanes, they twist and turn.2009, George B. Bookman, Headlines, Deadlines and Lifelines, page 344

Forms of thoroughlane

pluralthoroughlanes

Origin of thoroughlane

From thorough + lane. Doublet of throughlane.

Questions about thoroughlane

What does thoroughlane mean?
Thoroughlane means a way through, thoroughway.
What part of speech is thoroughlane?
Thoroughlane is a noun.
What is the plural of thoroughlane?
The plural of thoroughlane is thoroughlanes.

Words near thoroughlane in the dictionary

  1. thoroughflow
  2. thoroughgo
  3. thoroughgoing
  4. thoroughgoingly
  5. thoroughgoingness
  6. thoroughlane
  7. thoroughlanes
  8. thoroughly
  9. thoroughness
  10. thoroughnesses
  11. thoroughpaced

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