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US
/ˈθɝoʊˌfɛɹ/
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[ UK /θˈʌɹəfˌeə/ ]
[ UK /θˈʌɹəfˌeə/ ]
NOUN
- a public road from one place to another
How To Use thoroughfare In A Sentence
- As they negotiated the park gates and turned into the crowded thoroughfare, Patience sat, stiffly erect; inside, her emotions churned. A RAKE'S VOW
- The main thoroughfare there is Midsummer Boulevard, or H6, if you prefer the totalitarian grid system peculiar to the area.
- The little silver bell tinkles at a wayside shrine, calling the labouring man to propitiate the idol for the carelessness and detected dishonesties of his day's labours, and goodly Hindus, men and women, stream down the busy thoroughfare, responsive to the call. Love and Life Behind the Purdah
- Some of the country's main thoroughfares converge at the busy Naas Road roundabout next to the Red Cow Inn.
- A street cleaner already cleans the main thoroughfares but wind eddies can blow drifts of crisp packets and chocolate wrappers into alleys and hedges, he said.
- The pedestrianised street is one of the main thoroughfares in the city and lends itself to street music and entertainment as well as thriving business.
- We wandered down the main thoroughfare and found ourselves on Desker Road, where some of our number insisted on seeing the back alley ‘sights’.
- A century ago, this was a muddy thoroughfare for burros and carts carrying firewood down from the mountains.
- Though long dry, these subterranean thoroughfares are literally everywhere beneath the city of London.
- Situated just off Filey's main thoroughfare, this proved to be a busy venue.