DUAL CARRIAGEWAY Synonyms: 55 Similar Words

dual carriageway

noun

Definition of dual carriageway

chiefly British

as in high road

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Recent Examples of dual carriageway Birmingham’s city council plans to cut street parking and is considering carving bike lanes out of dual carriageway roads. — The Economist, 23 May 2020 The extraordinary footage of the white van grinding along the bridge rail Tony Hawk-style, going within inches of falling onto the dual carriageway below, happened in Burton-Upon-Trent, Staffordshire. — Fox News, 16 July 2018

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Noun

In anticipation of high road traffic on game day, local officials will extend the closure of Tasman Drive.

— Noe Padilla, USA Today, 28 Jan. 2026
Unfortunately, there is no high road to take here when the president and the Republicans thrive in the ditch.

— DP Opinion, Denver Post, 11 Nov. 2025

Definition of high road

Noun

Our strategic position between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi watershed set our course as a commerce superhighway, with the Chicago Portage connecting two vast trading routes between the Atlantic and the Gulf.

— Alaina Harkness, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
Mycorrhizal fungi direct traffic through nutrient superhighways and restructure the soil to support life across entire ecosystems.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026

Definition of superhighway

Noun

The global flight tracking service provider Flightradar24 on Friday said the plane crashed into the CITIC Tower, also known as China Zun, which rises more than 1,700 feet (528 meters), just east of a major ring road in a cluster of skyscrapers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 June 2026
Authorities also said a crowd briefly blocked the main ring road surrounding the city before police dispersed the gathering.

— Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026

Definition of ring road

Noun

Reuters — An Italian court on Thursday sentenced former Atlantia CEO Giovanni ‌Castellucci to 12 years in prison over the deadly 2018 collapse of a motorway bridge in the northwestern port city of Genoa.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
The house is at the Windsor Road-edge of the historic Bray Studios, tucked between the River Thames and a section of the A308 motorway, in the hamlet of Water Oakley.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026

Definition of motorway

Noun

Standout among those streets is the neighbourhood of Shamibag in Dhaka, which is home to FIFA Goli (alley or lane in Bangla), which has been organised by Al Amin Hossain Robin.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Japanese festivals often serve as ways for deities to be brought into the streets for sacred or ritual purposes while also bringing communities together in celebration.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026

Definition of street

Noun

Steering is precise and feels naturally weighted from parking lot speeds to cruising on the interstate.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026
Welfy Espinal, 25, and Lenyn Toribio, 27, were charged in a federal indictment unsealed in June with interstate stalking resulting in death for the shocking slay of 24-year-old Jeremy Ortega in April 2025.

— Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026

Definition of interstate

Noun

The second line allows the temporary bypass to convey up to 30 million gallons per day, allowing the system to better accommodate wet weather as the city starts work on permanent repairs.

— Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026
Scott underwent heart surgery in 2025 Scott, who previously had cancer, underwent quintuple bypass surgery in June 2025, PEOPLE confirmed a month later in July.

— Sophie Dodd, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026

Definition of bypass

Noun

Construction vehicles could be seen working on the causeway in images taken by Vantor, a satellite imaging company.

— Marc Santora, New York Times, 4 July 2026
In 1976, Miami Marine Stadium’s bicentennial fireworks show drew a causeway-jamming capacity crowd of 15,000 while a downtown Miami parade attracted about 5,000 people.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026

Definition of causeway

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