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belt⋅way

[belt-wey]
–noun
1. Also called belt highway. a highway around the perimeter of an urban area.
2. the Beltway, the Washington, D.C., area within the highway that encircles it.

Origin:
1950–55; belt + way
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belt highway  
n.  See beltway.
belt·way   (bělt'wā')   
n.  A high-speed highway that encircles or skirts an urban area. Also called belt highway.
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