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thoroughfare

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

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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.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English thurghfare. See thorough, fare

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Broadway, the thoroughfare synonymous with theater, resonated for three days this week with talk about books and magazines.

Located at the center of bustling downtown on the main pedestrian thoroughfare.

The populace lines up on the main thoroughfare to watch hours of marching bands, homemade floats and home-crowned royalty.

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thoroughfare (ˈθʌrəˌfɛə)

—n
1.	a road from one place to another, esp a main road
2.	way through or access: no thoroughfare

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thoroughfare

late 14c., "passage or way through," from thorough + fare.

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