motorways

noun

(UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Queensland, New South Wales) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.

(chiefly US) A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.

Roots

moveomot- · Latin · move, mover

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