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- [belt-wey]
- /ˈbɛltˌweɪ/
- /ˈbelt.weɪ/
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- [belt-wey]
- /ˈbɛltˌweɪ/
Definitions of beltway word
- countable noun beltway A beltway is a road that goes around a city or town, to keep traffic away from the centre. 3
- noun beltway the people and institutions located in the area bounded by the Washington Beltway, taken to be politically and socially out of touch with the rest of America and much given to political intrigue 3
- noun beltway (as modifier) 3
- noun beltway an expressway passing around an urban area 3
- noun beltway Also called belt highway. a highway around the perimeter of an urban area. 1
- noun beltway the Beltway, the Washington, D.C., area within the highway that encircles it. 1
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Origin of beltway
First appearance:
before 1950 One of the 5% newest English words
First recorded in 1950-55; belt + way1
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Parts of speech for Beltway
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beltway popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
beltway usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for beltway
noun beltway
- thoroughfare — a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
- highway — a main road, especially one between towns or cities: the highway between Los Angeles and Seattle.
- superhighway — a highway designed for travel at high speeds, having more than one lane for each direction of traffic, a safety strip dividing the two directions, and cloverleaves to route the traffic on and off the highway. Compare expressway.
- artery — Arteries are the tubes in your body that carry blood from your heart to the rest of your body. Compare vein.
- road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
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