Advanced 📚 Vocabulary · #1016 of 1319

thoroughfare (n.)

a main road

Examples

  • A busy thoroughfare.

Key rules

  • A thoroughfare is a main road that people use to pass through
  • A busy thoroughfare
  • Thoroughfare is countable

Common mistakes

  • The thoroughfares is busy → The thoroughfare is busy
💡 Tip: Roads // Towns // Urban geography
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