THOROUGHFARE Definition & Meaning

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thoroughfare

[ thur-oh-fair, -uh-fair, thuhr- ]

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noun

a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.
a major road or highway.
a passage or way through:
no thoroughfare.
a strait, river, or the like, affording passage.

thoroughfare

/ ˈθʌ��əˌ��ɛə /

noun

a road from one place to another, esp a main road
way through or access
no thoroughfare

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of thoroughfare¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, thoroughfare is from the Middle English word thurghfare. See thorough, fare

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Trees lining the main thoroughfare appeared to have been systematically cut down by Israelis with chain saws.

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Pedestrians reportedly sprinted for cover in shops and residential buildings that line either side of the thoroughfare.

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As he painted what was left of Everest Burgers, Lake Avenue, Altadena’s commercial thoroughfare, bustled with toiling emergency workers.

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Up and down Lake Avenue, the main commercial thoroughfare in Altadena, are stark signs of the Eaton fire’s aftermath: the businesses it subsumed and the ones it spared.

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Only first responders and news crews moved up and down the main thoroughfare.

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