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Noun: motorway  'mow-tu(r),wey
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: superhighway)
  1. A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
    - expressway [N. Amer], freeway [N. Amer, Austral, S.Africa], pike, state highway [N. Amer], superhighway [N. Amer], throughway [N. Amer], thruway [N. Amer]
     
  2. An extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form
    - superhighway [N. Amer], information superhighway

Derived forms: motorways

Type of: electronic network, highway, main road, network

Encyclopedia: Motorway

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