Associations to the word «Expressway»

Wiktionary

EXPRESSWAY, noun. (parts of the US) A divided highway where intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.
EXPRESSWAY, noun. (Canada) (parts of the US) (Malaysia) (Singapore) A road built to freeway standards.
EXPRESSWAY, noun. (New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.

Dictionary definition

EXPRESSWAY, noun. A broad highway designed for high-speed traffic.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats