thoroughfare

Betekenis (Engels)

A passage; a way through.
A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.
The act of going through; passage; travel, transit.
An unobstructed waterway allowing passage for ships.

doorgang

hoofdweg

straat

weg

vaarweg

doorgangsweg

doorgaande weg

major route

public way

through road

primary road

public road

passage-way

arterial highway

backbone road

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈθʌɹəfɛː/

From Middle English thurghfare, corresponding to thorough- (“through”) + fare. Compare Old English þurhfaran (“to go through, go over, traverse, pierce, pass through, pass beyond, transcend, penetrate”). Compare also Old English þurhfær (“inner secret place”), German Durchfahrt (“passage through, thoroughfare”).