the Great White Way
Definition of the Great White Way
US, informal + old-fashioned
: a street in New York City where there are many theaters : Broadway Her show debuted on the Great White Way.
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: notably large in size : huge
: elaborate, ample
: large in number or measure : numerous
: in a great manner : well
: an outstandingly superior or skillful person
: free from color
: of the color of new snow or milk
: of the color white
: the achromatic object color of greatest lightness characteristically perceived to belong to objects that reflect diffusely nearly all incident energy throughout the visible spectrum
: a white or light-colored part of something: such as
: a mass of albuminous material surrounding the yolk of an egg
: whiten
: a thoroughfare for travel or transportation from place to place
: an opening for passage
: the course traveled from one place to another : route
: of, connected with, or constituting an intermediate point on a route
: by a long distance : to a considerable degree or extent : far
: by far : much
: very
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