noun
a highway (Freq. 6)
• Syn: ↑trunk road
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ noun2. : the best approach : an easy way
there is no one highroad to literary appreciation — Geoffrey Bullough
the direct highroad to salvation — New Republic
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/huy"rohd'/, n.
1. Chiefly Brit. a main road; highway.
2. an easy or certain course: the highroad to success.
3. an honorable or ethical course.
Also, high road.
[1700-10; HIGH + ROAD]
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highˈroad noun
1. One of the public or chief roads
2. A road for general traffic
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Main Entry: ↑high
Useful english dictionary. 2012.