Highway Definition
hīwā
highways
noun
highways
Any road freely open to everyone; public road.
Webster's New World
A main road; thoroughfare, specif. one maintained by a state or federal government and designed to accommodate a heavy traffic flow.
Webster's New World
Any main route by land or water.
Webster's New World
A direct way to some objective.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Highway
Noun
Singular:
highway
Plural:
highwaysOrigin of Highway
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Old English hēah (“of great height, tall”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kowkos (“hill”) +
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Old English weġ (“road, path”), from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move”).
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