MEANING
A public route used for passage through a place, especially an important street or road.
Use it for
Movement through districts; passing trade; public circulationMake a route important because people pass along it rather than remain there.
Words that belong together
- main thoroughfare
- busy thoroughfare
- major thoroughfare
On the page
The main thoroughfare brought customers past the baker's door.
Closing one thoroughfare sent traffic into streets never meant for it.
Her shop faced a busy thoroughfare, but deliveries arrived from the quiet rear lane.
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Word forms
- Base
- thoroughfare
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. Function as through passage matters; unlike a cul-de-sac, it connects onward. Does not specify width, surface, or architectural construction. Plural: thoroughfares. No other inflection applies to this noun.
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