autostrada — meaning in English

English meaning

• highway noun A main road, especially a large, fast public road built for long-distance travel.
• motorway noun A major road designed for fast-moving traffic, with no crossroads and limited access points (chiefly British).

Senses

autostrada is used for these senses in English:

• highway A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
• motorway (UK, Ireland, New Zealand, Queensland, New South Wales) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.

highway — full definition

1. noun A main road, especially a large, fast public road built for long-distance travel.
2. noun Any public road open for general travel.

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