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thoroughfare

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thor⋅ough⋅fare

  [thur-oh-fair, -uh-fair, thuhr-]
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–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.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME thurghfare. See thorough, fare
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thor·ough·fare   (thûr'ō-fâr', thûr'ə-, thŭr'-)   
n.  

  1. A main road or public highway.

    1. A place of passage from one location to another.

    2. Right to such passage.

  3. A heavily traveled passage, such as a waterway, strait, or channel.


[Middle English thurghfare : thurgh, thorow, through; see thorough + fare, road (from Old English faru, fær, from faran, to go; see fare).]
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