From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Roadsthoroughfarethor‧ough‧fare /ˈθʌrəfeə $ ˈθʌroʊfer, ˈθʌrə-/ noun1[countable]TTR the mainroad through a place such as a city or village
The motel was off the main thoroughfare.2 →no thoroughfareExamples from the Corpusthoroughfare• Up ahead, a thoroughfareTraffic was going across the intersection at a good clip in both directions.• Forty-fifth to Fifty-sixth Streets, formerly dead ends at railwayyards, became thoroughfares.• The Constable was walking along a busythoroughfare when a crowdassembledowing to the breakdown of a motorcar.• A main thoroughfare had been created through the centre of that office with the screens.• The Visitor's Center is located on Bay Street, the town's main thoroughfare.• She walked briskly through the teeming streets and alleyways which laybehind the main thoroughfares of Bridgetown.• Since the opening of the Torpoint turnpike, around 1820, it has been Sheviock that now stands on the main thoroughfare.• Waterwaysprovide the main thoroughfare in the Upper Mazaruni and many of these are already blocked.• In this case a child's shortestdistance to school along publicthoroughfares was just less than 3 miles.main thoroughfare• A main thoroughfare had been created through the centre of that office with the screens.• Her love of life and colour making all her perceptions jewel-bright, Luce thoroughly enjoyed her journey down Venice's main thoroughfare.• She walked briskly through the teeming streets and alleyways which lay behind the main thoroughfares of Bridgetown.• Their motel was off from the main thoroughfare, protected by trees and woodsyseclusion.• Paul traversed the lane, preferring the smells of horse-dung from the variousstables to the constant traffic of the main thoroughfare.• Since the opening of the Torpoint turnpike, around 1820, it has been Sheviock that now stands on the main thoroughfare.• Waterways provide the main thoroughfare in the Upper Mazaruni and many of these are already blocked.• Now he checked with the policeman whose beat took him down Glenfair Road, the main thoroughfare into which BoundaryDrive ran.Originthoroughfare(1300-1400)thorough“through, from end to end” ( → THOROUGH) + fare“way, journey” ( → FARE1)
