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MAIN ROAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A major road for any form of motor transport
Synonyms:
highway; main road
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("main road" is a kind of...):
road; route (an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation)
Meronyms (parts of "main road"):
interchange (a junction of highways on different levels that permits traffic to move from one to another without crossing traffic streams)
traffic lane (a lane of a main road that is defined by painted lines)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "main road"):
arterial road (a major or main route)
beltway; bypass; ring road; ringway (a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center)
divided highway; dual carriageway (a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions)
expressway; freeway; motorway; pike; state highway; superhighway; throughway; thruway (a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic)
highroad; trunk road (a highway)
interstate; interstate highway (one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States)
Instance hyponyms:
Appian Way (an ancient Roman road in Italy extending south from Rome to Brindisi; begun in 312 BC)
Flaminian Way (an ancient Roman road in Italy built by Gaius Flaminius in 220 BC; extends north from Rome to cisalpine Gaul)
