four-lane

[ fawr-leyn, fohr- ]

adjective

1. (of a highway) having two lanes for traffic in each direction:

   a four-lane thruway.

noun

1. Also four-lan·er [] a four-lane highway.

Word History and Origins

Origin of four-lane¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Nothing, of course, to an experienced climber—a foot-wide ledge might as well be a four-lane superhighway.

From Project Gutenberg

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