motorway

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.

   All the R. R.'s of America will have to be furnished with a biking way and a motor way on each side of the rails.

2. 2
   noun

   A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.

   In December, track operators replaced the crushed rock with brick, earning the motorway the nickname, Brickyard.

3. 3
   noun

   a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

Etymology

From motor + way.