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thoroughfare
[ thur-oh-fair, -uh-fair, thuhr- ]
noun
- a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
- a major road or highway.
- a passage or way through:
no thoroughfare.
- a strait, river, or the like, affording passage.
thoroughfare
/ ˈθʌrəˌfɛə /
noun
- a road from one place to another, esp a main road
- way through or access
no thoroughfare
Word History and Origins
Origin of thoroughfare1
Example Sentences
Either way, tens of thousands of vehicles are now double- and triple-parked on the many of the city’s thoroughfares.
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.
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.
Cincinnati later celebrated by renaming 2nd Street, the thoroughfare outside the team’s stadium on the Ohio River, Pete Rose Way.
New warehouse developments will need to be located on major thoroughfares or local roads that mainly serve commercial uses.
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