Highway vs. Motorway

Highwaynoun

A main, direct public road, especially a multi-lane, high speed thoroughfare connecting major population centers.

Highwaynoun

(rail) Any public road for vehicular traffic.

Highwaynoun

A road or way open to the use of the public, especially a paved main road or thoroughfare between towns; in the latter sense it contrasts with local street; as, on the highways and byways.

Highwaynoun

a major road for any form of motor transport

Highwaynoun

a main road, especially one connecting major towns or cities

Highwaynoun

(chiefly in official use) a public road

Highwaynoun

a pathway connecting parts of one computer system or between different systems

Highway

A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks.

Motorwaynoun

A broad highway designed for high speed traffic, having restrictions on the vehicle types permitted and merging lanes instead of cross traffic; in parts of the United States and other places called freeway.

Motorwaynoun

a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

Motorwaynoun

a dual-carriageway road designed for fast traffic, with relatively few places for joining or leaving.

Motorwaynoun

a wide, fast, easy ski run.