thoroughfare

[ thur-oh-fair, -uh-fair, thuhr- ]

noun

1. a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
2. a major road or highway.
3. a passage or way through:

   no thoroughfare.

4. a strait, river, or the like, affording passage.

thoroughfare

/ ˈθʌrəˌfɛə /

noun

1. a road from one place to another, esp a main road
2. way through or access

   no thoroughfare

Word History and Origins

Origin of thoroughfare¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, thoroughfare is from the Middle English word thurghfare. See thorough, fare

Example Sentences

A massive fire ripped through an auto parts store off a major Hollywood thoroughfare Saturday afternoon, destroying the business and damaging two adjacent restaurants.

From Los Angeles Times

Either way, tens of thousands of vehicles are now double- and triple-parked on the many of the city’s thoroughfares.

From Los Angeles Times

The developer has promised an estimated 974 jobs, as well as infrastructure improvements and landscaping along a main thoroughfare, according to the project’s draft environmental impact report.

From Los Angeles Times

In Orange County, demonstrators gathered along Jeffrey Road in Irvine — one of the city’s main thoroughfares — on Sunday waving Lebanese and Palestinian flags and holding signs that focused on the human cost of the war.

From Los Angeles Times

Cincinnati later celebrated by renaming 2nd Street, the thoroughfare outside the team’s stadium on the Ohio River, Pete Rose Way.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• artery
• avenue
• boulevard
• causeway
• expressway
• freeway
• highway
• lane
• street
• waterway