freeway
noun/ˈfriːweɪ/
/ˈfriːweɪ/
(also expressway)
- (in the US) a wide road where traffic can travel fast for long distances. You can only enter and leave freeways at special ramps.
- a freeway exit
- an accident on the freeway
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryb2- We were driving down the freeway.
- I began to feel nervous as I approached the city on the freeway.
- It's one of the busiest stretches of freeway in the county.
- We drove home along miles of empty freeway.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- major
- six-lane
- eight-lane
- …
- get on
- get off
- pull off
- …
- exit
- overpass
- chase
- …
- along a/the freeway
- down a/the freeway
- on a/the freeway
- …
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