Motorway - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈməʊtərweɪ|  American pronunciation of the word motorway
Brit.  |ˈməʊtəweɪ|  British pronunciation of the word motorway

noun

- a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic (syn: expressway, freeway, pike, superhighway, throughway, thruway)

Extra examples

Sorry, I'm late. There was a hold-up on the motorway.

We were belting down the motorway at 95 miles per hour.

A car and a van collided on the motorway.

We took a cross-country route instead of the motorway.

Some idiot cut me up on the motorway.

Birmingham is at the hub of Britain's motorway network.

Leave the motorway at Junction 7.

You'll get there a lot quicker if you take the motorway.

The report also proposes extending the motorway.

Plans for the motorway caused quite a stir among locals.

We tore down the motorway at top speed.

A tanker driver died when his lorry veered off the motorway.

Always carry a phone with you in case you have a breakdown on the motorway.

From an ecological viewpoint, the motorway has been a disaster.

What do you do in the event of a breakdown on the motorway?

Word forms

noun
singular: motorway
plural: motorways
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