highway

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A main public road, especially a wide, fast one connecting towns and cities.

   We drove for hours along the busy highway.

2. 2
   noun

   Any public road that people can travel on.

   It is illegal to leave your car parked on the highway.

From Middle English heiȝwai, heiȝwei, from Old English hēahweġ (“main road, highway”), corresponding to high + way. Compare highgate, high street, high road. Cognate with Scots heaway, heway, hieway, hichway, heichway (“highway”).

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