motorway

Definition of abbreviation (noun) -

Synonym: highway (especially in the US and Canada). British: A motorway is a major road that has been specially built for fast travel over long distances. Motorways have several lanes and special places where traffic gets on and leaves. The German word for motorway is 'Autobahn'.

Part of speech:

Noun

Plural: motorways, highways

Example sentences with this word:

I'm making for the M25 motorway - is this road the most direct route?

Thanks to the crash barrier in the middle of the motorway cars are prevent from hitting those on the other side in the event of an accident.

I took the wrong ..... at the last road junction, can you tell me how I get back on the motorway?

Traffic is flowing freely on the motorway.

The vehicles are travelling too close to one another on the motorway.

Traffic is building up on the motorway.

There are more lorries on this motorway than cars.

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