Definition of freeway
1 : an expressway with fully controlled access
2 : a highway without toll fees
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Examples of freeway in a Sentence
a new driver who's nervous about driving on the freeway for the first time
Recent Examples of freeway from the Web
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The disabled vehicle then careened into the motorist standing on the freeway shorty before 7:45 p.m., police said.
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Their wish list pointed them straight to the Bench: a central location, easy access to the freeway and Downtown Boise, a house with character, four bedrooms, a big backyard, a garage and a price tag of up to $360,000.
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The $90 million six-lane freeway stretching from downtown to the western leg of I-77 was intended to reduce congestion on city streets and surrounding highways.
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Authorities say both Guzman and Lozano's bodies were found in 2011, dumped along a freeway in Lincoln Heights.
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A man has been arrested and is suspected of killing a teenage girl and a 22-year-old woman who vanished from their Los Angeles neighborhoods months apart in 2011 and dumping their bodies along California freeways, police said Tuesday.
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Fred Levine, an Oceanfront resident, likened the boardwalk to the 405 Freeway between the piers and said crashes are underreported.
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Local road upgrades would do little to address congestion on surface streets and would have about the same effect as a tunnel on regional freeway traffic, the report said.
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Instead, they are united by jet ways, freeways, and satellite dishes 10 meters across.
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First Known Use of freeway
1926
FREEWAY Defined for English Language Learners
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: a wide highway that is built for fast travel
FREEWAY Defined for Kids
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: an expressway that can be used without paying tolls
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