thoroughfare

(thûr'ō-fâr', thûr'ə-, thŭr'-)
n.

1. A main road or public highway.
2. 1. A place of passage from one location to another.
   2. Right to such passage.
3. A heavily traveled passage, such as a waterway, strait, or channel.

[Middle English thurghfare : thurgh, thorow, through; see thorough + fare, road (from Old English faru, fær , from faran, to go; see fare).]

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noun

A course affording passage from one place to another: avenue, boulevard, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, path, road, roadway, route, street, superhighway, thruway, turnpike, way. See move/halt, open/close.

For a list of words related to thoroughfare, see:

• Roadways and Driving - thoroughfare: main roadway

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gennemgang, passage, færdselsåre

Nederlands (Dutch)
verkeersweg

Français (French)
n. - rue, voie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Verkehrsstraße

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λεωφόρος, οδική αρτηρία, διάβαση, (μτφ.) οδός, άγουσα, δίοδος

Italiano (Italian)
autostrada, strada larga

Português (Portuguese)
n. - via pública (f), rua de tráfico intenso

Русский (Russian)
оживленная улица города, транспортная магистраль, водный путь

Español (Spanish)
n. - calle, vía pública, carretera

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - genomfart

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
通路, 大道

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 通路, 大道

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 도로, 주요 도로, 통행

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 大通り, 通行

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) طريق عام, شارع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רחוב, כביש, מעבר, דרך הפתוחה לתנועה בשני צידיה‬

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