expressway
pronunciation
How to pronounce expressway in British English:
UK [ɪkˈspresweɪ]
How to pronounce expressway in American English:
US [ɪkˈspresweɪ]
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- Noun:
- a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
Word Origin
- expressway (n.)
- by 1945, American English, from express (adj.) + way (n.). Express highway is recorded by 1938.
Example
- 1. This highway is better known as belfield expressway .
- 2. Shall we take the expressway ?
- 3. Isolated fuxing will soon be just a few kilometres from an expressway .
- 4. A middle-class dream of lhasa by expressway is very much in the making .
- 5. They say the truck suddenly exploded as it was crossing an expressway bridge .