motorwaynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈməʊ.tə.weɪ/us/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɚ.weɪ/UKA2 a wide road for fast-moving traffic, especially in the UK, Ireland, and some other countries, with a limited number of places at which drivers can enter and leave it:
Because of the bad weather, motorway (driving) conditions are expected to be hazardous tonight.
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- There has been a collision on the southbound stretch of the motorway.
- Environment protesters have made common cause with local people to stop the motorway being built.
- Soon after we joined the motorway, the car started to make a strange noise.
- A contraflow is in operation between junctions 13 and 14 on the motorway.
- I got cut up several times on the motorway this morning - I've never seen such dangerous driving!
- Double glazing has helped to deaden the noise from the motorway.
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Roads: motorways
- access road
- artery
- autobahn
- carriageway
- clearway
- contraflow
- fast lane
- freeway
- hard shoulder
- highway
- interstate
- M, m
- passing lane
- pike
- ramp
- route
- shoulder
- slip road
- superhighway
- toll plaza
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