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Từ điển LongMan Dictionary
freeway
 free‧way S2 W3 /ˈfriːweɪ/ noun [COUNTABLE] American English
a very wide road in the US, built for fast travel ⇨ motorway, expressway, highway:
▪ the Central Freeway
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THESAURUS
 types of road
▪road a hard surface for cars, buses etc to drive on :
▪ They're planning to build a new road.
▪ My address is 42, Station Road.
▪street a road in a town, with houses or shops on each side :
▪ She lives on our street.
▪ We walked along the streets of the old town.
▪ Oxford Street is one of Europe's busiest shopping areas.
▪ He was stopped by the police, driving the wrong way down a one-way street.
▪ Turn left on Main Street (=the street in the middle of a town, where most of the shops are – used in American English).
▪ These days the same shops are on every high street (=the street in the middle of a town, where most of the shops are – used in British English).
▪avenue a road in a town, often with trees on each side :
▪ the busy avenue in front of the cathedral
▪ He lived on Park Avenue.
▪boulevard a wide road in a city or town – used especially in street names in the US, France etc. In the UK, streets are usually called avenue rather than boulevard :
▪ the world-famous Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles.
▪lane a narrow road in the country :
▪ a winding country lane
▪cul-de-sac a short street which is closed at one end :
▪ The house is situated in a quiet cul-de-sac in North Oxford.
▪track especially British English, dirt road American English a narrow road in the country, usually without a hard surface :
▪ The farm was down a bumpy track.
▪ring road British English a road that goes around a town :
▪ The airport is on the ring road.
▪bypass British English a road that goes past a town, allowing traffic to avoid the centre :
▪ The bypass would take heavy traffic out of the old city centre.
▪dual carriageway British English, divided highway American English a road with a barrier or strip of land in the middle that has lines of traffic travelling in each direction :
▪ I waited until we were on the dual carriageway before I overtook him.
▪freeway/expressway American English a very wide road in a city or between cities, on which cars can travel very fast without stopping :
▪ Take the Hollywood Freeway (101) south, exit at Vine Street and drive east on Franklin Avenue.
▪ Over on the side of the expressway, he saw an enormous sedan, up against a stone wall.
▪motorway British English, highway American English a very wide road for travelling fast over long distances :
▪ The speed limit on the motorway is 70 miles an hour.
▪ the Pacific Coast Highway
▪interstate American English a road for fast traffic that goes between states :
▪ The accident happened on Interstate 84, about 10 miles east of Hartford.
▪toll road a road that you pay to use :
▪ The government is planning to introduce toll roads, in an effort to cut traffic congestion.
▪turnpike American English a large road for fast traffic that you pay to use :
▪ He dropped her off at an entrance to the New Jersey Turnpike.
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EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ the Ventura Freeway
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Caltrans says it could begin work on the freeway renovation by 2000.
▪ Gallegos said the expressway could be built by 2005 and later expanded into a six-lane freeway.
▪ H freeway retrofit and replacement, sources familiar with it said Monday.
▪ His city has pushed for the freeway for four decades, saying that its streets have been clogged by run-off traffic.
▪ Like traffic caught in rush hour, freeway construction moves glacially -- especially when well-organized locals try to spike it.
▪ Rising all around are thick walls of rough-cut travertine, the slightly golden stone that dominates the view from the freeway.
▪ The more freeway access there is, the less San Franciscans have to share their streets with out-of-towners.
▪ To the north lies freeway and its speeding traffic.
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