Motorway

Origin

A calque of German Autobahn.

Full definition of motorway

Noun

1. (British, Ireland, New Zealand, parts of Australia) A broad highway designed for high speed traffic, having restrictions on the vehicle types permitted and merging lanes instead of cross traffic; in parts of the United States and other places called freeway.

Synonyms

• freeway
• controlled-access highway
• others regionally

Hypernyms

• highway