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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Autobahn, US highway, alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, belt highway, blind alley, boulevard, bypass, byway, camino real, carriageway, causeway, causey, chaussee, circumferential, close, corduroy road, county road, court, crescent, cul-de-sac, dead-end street, dike, dirt road, drag, drive, driveway, expressway, freeway, gravel road, highroad, highway, highways and byways, interstate highway, lane, local road, main drag, main road, mews, motorway, parkway, path, pave, paved road, pike, place, plank road, primary highway, private road, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, route nationale, row, royal road, secondary road, speedway, state highway, street, superhighway, terrace, through street, thruway, toll road, township road, track, turnpike, way, wynd

Dictionary Results for thoroughfare:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

thoroughfare
    n 1: a public road from one place to another

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Thoroughfare \Thor"ough*fare`\, n. [AS. [thorn]urhfaru.]
   1. A passage through; a passage from one street or opening to
      another; an unobstructed way open to the public; a public
      road; hence, a frequented street.
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            A large and splendid thoroughfare.    --Motley.
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   2. A passing or going through; passage. [R.]
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            [Made] Hell and this world -- one realm, one
            continent
            Of easy thoroughfare.                 --Milton.
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