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thoroughpass

thoroughpass noun: a connected passage; conduit or channel.

Noun

thoroughpass (plural thoroughpasses)

  1. (rare) A connected passage; conduit or channel.
    • Kharagpur serves a as thoroughpass for raw materials as well as for products passing through different parts of the country as it is an important transport node.1989, Applied Geography: Prof. S.P. Chatterjee Commemorative Volume
  2. (rare) A way through; thoroughfare.
    • […] the Bridge of Athlone over the River Shannon, the greatest thoroughpass in Ireland, has been long in a most narrow, dangerous and dilapidated state, […]1826, Journals of the House of Commons, volume 82, page 390
    • Eventually they came out onto Hunter Avenue, a main thoroughpass segregating Hollywood's blue-collar district from the ritzier multimillion-dollar homes.2010, Michael Laimo, The Demonologist

Forms of thoroughpass

pluralthoroughpasses

Origin of thoroughpass

From thorough- + pass.

Questions about thoroughpass

What does thoroughpass mean?
Thoroughpass means a connected passage; conduit or channel.
What part of speech is thoroughpass?
Thoroughpass is a noun.
What is the plural of thoroughpass?
The plural of thoroughpass is thoroughpasses.

Words near thoroughpass in the dictionary

  1. thoroughlanes
  2. thoroughly
  3. thoroughness
  4. thoroughnesses
  5. thoroughpaced
  6. thoroughpass
  7. thoroughpasses
  8. thoroughpin
  9. thoroughpins
  10. thoroughs
  11. thoroughsped

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