1. A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
   "They took the motorway to save time on their journey";
   - 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
   "The information motorway revolutionized global communication";
   - superhighway [N. Amer], information superhighway

Derived forms: motorways

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

Encyclopedia: Motorway