Entry Word: route

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a passage cleared for public vehicular travel <take Route 190 for six miles, then get off> — see way 1
2 an established course for traveling from one place to another <weʼre going to get stuck in traffic if we take the usual route> — see passage 1
3 the direction along which something or someone moves <hurricanes generally take a northerly route up the Atlantic seaboard> — see path 1