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Meanings of
motorway
in English
Portuguese
super-autopista
Catalan
autopista
Spanish
autovía
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A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.
pike
freeway
expressway
superhighway
thruway
throughway
state highway
Portuguese
super-autopista
Synonyms
Examples for "
pike
"
pike
freeway
expressway
superhighway
thruway
Examples for "
pike
"
1
The
'
pike
never lost its individuality among the streets of the capital.
2
And the savage
pike
they would sometimes fight in his own element.
3
The sluicers with their long
pike
-
poles
thrust the logs into the chute.
4
Looking at it, you'd never know what was coming down the
pike
.
5
An old
pike
immediately brings to mind the cataclysmic violence of 1798.
1
That way you're less likely to miss that turn off the
freeway
.
2
I think the
freeway
goes through that, or at least near it.
3
He must be goggled in from a public terminal alongside some
freeway
.
4
We've never seen a vehicle look this bad on the
freeway
before.
5
Take the car on the
freeway
to make sure it tracks straight.
1
For
expressway
business, the Company operates
expressway
networks and provides related services.
2
Bianca Begovich says the Government is rushing needlessly ahead with the
expressway
.
3
Despite concerns, Mr Hunt said the
expressway
was safe to drive on.
4
The Company is also engaged in the operations of
expressway
related businesses.
5
He also highlighted the option of developing surplus land from the
expressway
.
1
There was a long queue of traffic but the
superhighway
was clear.
2
Want to take it out for a spin on the information
superhighway
?
3
We are alone, which is unusual for this
superhighway
of backcountry routes.
4
What good is a
superhighway
if all you've got is a tricycle?
5
They can talk about something just around the corner called an information
superhighway
.
1
Then a five-day resupply and briefing period and back onto another
thruway
.
2
Kelly sighed and stared out into the light streaked night of the
thruway
.
3
The
thruway
had its own steady rhythm, its soft white glow.
4
Ten bands of color-eachfive separated by a narrow clear strip, detailed the
thruway
.
5
This vehicle may attempt to regain access to NAT-26-West or it may take another
thruway
.
1
The Highway, as I recalled it, was a comparatively sedate
throughway
.
2
Synge Street is a
throughway
of three parts.
3
Barrelling along a
throughway
located almost under the buildings themselves, I saw it, but far too late.
4
All along FDR Drive, which the park overlooked, people stood between parked cars on the never-idle
throughway
.
5
This is a pedestrian
throughway
,
you know!
1
You wouldn't think of walking down the middle of a
state
highway
.
2
The
state
highway
patrol could haul them in on reckless driving charges.
3
The highway bill authorizes long-term federal funding for
state
highway
projects.
4
It's just a regular neighbourhood with a public beach and a
state
highway
.
5
They shot past the last traffic light and hummed down a
state
highway
.
Usage of
motorway
in English
1
Madam, -The development of the new
motorway
system is hugely welcome.
2
Motorists are being asked to avoid the
motorway
both today and tomorrow.
3
When the new
motorway
is open in 2005, the journey will improve.
4
These include Auckland's central
motorway
junctions and the state highways in Hamilton.
5
The tanker caught fire minutes later at the side of the
motorway
.
6
The apartments are within easy reach of Dublin Airport via the
motorway
.
7
In 1989, when the communists relinquished power, Poland had only one
motorway
.
8
But erosion and a
motorway
's
intrusion have given it an unquiet history.
9
They left the
motorway
,
following a minor road deep into the countryside.
10
Opposition is growing to a proposed tolled
motorway
linking Limerick and Nenagh.
11
The smart
motorway
is a combination of technology and improved road layout.
12
Gardaí said the
motorway
has been cleared and all lanes are open.
13
I don't need to see a
motorway
,
or an out-of-town retail centre.
14
Twenty minutes down the Czech
motorway
,
they found the turning for Zbiroh.
15
By the time we reached the
motorway
it had stopped moving altogether.
16
The development includes a four-kilometre road linking it to the M1
motorway
.
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About this term
motorway
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
new motorway
southern motorway
western motorway
busy motorway
french motorway
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Translations for
motorway
Portuguese
super-autopista
autoestradas
rodovia
autoestrada
estrada
vias rápidas
via expressa
auto-estrada
Catalan
autopista
Spanish
autovía
vía expresa
Motorway
through the time
Motorway
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Common
United Kingdom
Rare
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