thoroughfare
pronunciation
How to pronounce thoroughfare in British English:
UK [ˈθʌrəfeə(r)]
How to pronounce thoroughfare in American English:
US [ˈθɜroʊfer]
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- Noun:
- a public road from one place to another
Word Origin
- thoroughfare (n.)
- late 14c., "passage or way through," from thorough (before it had differentiated from through) + fare (n.).
Example
- 1. It left a scene of devastation along the mall , a tree-lined , colonial-era thoroughfare .
- 2. You can hardly walk down santiago 's main thoroughfare , the alameda , these days without coming across someone with a protest banner and a grievance .
- 3. Mr mccrum aptly names the new lingo " a thoroughfare for all thoughts " .
- 4. Tripoli street , once the vibrant main thoroughfare , is an apocalyptic wasteland .
- 5. Avenue bourguiba , the main thoroughfare in tunis , is now an all-day debating forum .