motorway means 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. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 72 out of 100.
motorway is pronounced /ˈməʊtəweɪ/.
Etymology
From motor + way.
noun
- 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.“All the R. R.'s of America will have to be furnished with a biking way and a motor way on each side of the rails.”
- A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.“In December, track operators replaced the crushed rock with brick, earning the motorway the nickname, Brickyard.”