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roadway.

A way used as a road.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɹoʊdˌweɪ/General-American
  1. A way used as a road.

  2. The main or central portion of a road, used by the vehicles.

  3. The portion of a bridge or railway used by traffic.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English *rodeway, *radewey (attested in radewey-stile (literally “roadway-stile”)), equivalent to road + way; road had the early sense of "riding" when the compound was formed, thus originally "a way for riding on".

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