highroad
- noun
- /ˈhaɪˌroʊd/
- UK
:
carretera
- Although he was dressed like a courtier, Casimir felt like a pauper as he trudged the cobbled highroad.
- highroad fleet
Examples
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He must have been marooned here when the original highroad fleet came in.
Fiction book (1990) -
It conforms to the exterior specs for the old highroad fleet.
Fiction book (1990) -
Of course, it will be understood that the transit line chiefly affects Americans, as it is the highroad from New York to California.
Academic text (2016) -
I had mechanically turned in this latter direction and was strolling along the lonely highroad when, in one moment, every drop of blood in my body was brought to a stop by the touch of a hand laid lightly and suddenly on my shoulder from behind me.
Academic text (2010) -
In the beginning, said the Speakers, the old man used to wake in the morning before the first hint of dawn and coil himself into the shape of misery at the side of the highroad, ready for the first passersby.
Fiction book (1990) -
That later the highroad fleet, just a few ships, stumbled onto colonized Reft space, and that the government impounded most of them, but this one wanted to go back and got lost?
Fiction book (1990) -
Eventually, Lily relayed the hand-pack back to Bach and discovered a fact that somehow did not particularly surprise her: the little robot was completely familiar with the design specifications of the so-called highroad fleet.
Fiction book (1990) -
The highroad leading to the city is always busy with cars and buses.
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They decided to take the scenic highroad on their way to the coast.
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During the summer, the highroad is filled with tourists exploring the area.
Synonyms
629
1.0
A main road that connects big towns or cities for long trips
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2.8
A wide road for fast traffic with few places to enter or exit
19
5.1
A main road that people use to travel between places
5
4.1
A wide road for fast traffic with few places to enter or leave
5
2.7
A major road the state government keeps for fast travel between towns
5
3.5
A very wide road with many lanes for fast traffic
1
6.7
A main road that connects cities or towns
A main road that carries traffic over long distances between towns and cities
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Highroad is simply high + road, and it originally meant the 'main' road people used. Think of 'high' as 'important', like in highway, so a highroad is a main public road.