THOROUGHFARE

Thoroughfare

A thoroughfare is a transportation route connecting one location to another. Highways, roads, and trails are examples of thoroughfares used by a variety of traffic. On land a thoroughfare may refer to anything from a rough trail to a multi-lane highway with grade separated junctions; on water a thoroughfare may refer to a strait, channel or waterway. The term may also refer to the legal right to use a particular way as distinct from the way itself.

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thoroughfare

Noun

  1. A passage; a way through.
  2. A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.
  3. The act of going through; passage; travel, transit.
  4. An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships.


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