noun
a highway
• Syn: ↑highroad
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
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trunk road noun
A main road, esp one administered by central authority
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Main Entry: ↑trunk
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a major road between large towns
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n. chiefly Brit. an important main road used for long-distance travel
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noun, pl ⋯ roads [count]
Brit : a main road
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an important main road
Example Bank:
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Over a 1 000 miles of new trunk roads and motorways have been built.
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The M40 motorway and the A34 trunk road make the town easily accessible.
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They are spending over £200 million on improvements to the Edinburgh trunk road system.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.