(US) (Normally and officially spelled thruway) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare.
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throughway
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for throughway.
Editorial note
We threw epic parties for ~80 to 100 people every month for five years back in the student days, in a massive cheap rental house scheduled (along with a 120 others) for demolition for road widening for a major North-South throughway.
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Quick take
(US) (Normally and officially spelled thruway) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare.
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for throughway.
noun
(US) (Normally and officially spelled thruway) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare.
See also: pike, freeway, motorway, thruway, expressway
Example sentences
We threw epic parties for ~80 to 100 people every month for five years back in the student days, in a massive cheap rental house scheduled (along with a 120 others) for demolition for road widening for a major North-South throughway.
Also, looking at SF, clearly there is no bike path across the Bay Bridge (as an aside rant, how did we spend $7.5 Billion dollars on half a bridge, adding no additional capacity and no full span bike/pedestrian throughway)...
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How do you use throughway in a sentence?
We threw epic parties for ~80 to 100 people every month for five years back in the student days, in a massive cheap rental house scheduled (along with a 120 others) for demolition for road widening for a major North-South throughway.
What does throughway mean?
(US) (Normally and officially spelled thruway) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare.
What part of speech is throughway?
throughway is commonly used as noun.