{
    "term": "motorway",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "(in the UK) a wide road, with at least two lanes in each direction, where traffic can travel fast for long distances between large towns. You can only enter and leave motorways at special junctions.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**busy/congested motorways**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Join the motorway at Junction 19."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Leave the motorway at the next exit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A nine-mile stretch of motorway has been closed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **motorway service area/service station**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The speed limit on motorways should be enforced."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He sang as he rattled down the motorway."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was driving along the motorway."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were on the motorway to London."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the M25 London orbital motorway"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Five people were killed in a motorway pile-up."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He doesn't like motorway driving."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Motorway police stopped the van."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The M25 motorway goes all the way around Greater London."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The accident happened on a motorway slip road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The traffic on the motorway was solid."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are plans to build a new four-lane motorway."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We stopped at a motorway service station."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can hear the roar of motorway traffic from here."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by car or lorry"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["busy", "four-lane", "three-lane"],
                "verb + motorway": ["join", "leave", "turn off"],
                "motorway + noun": ["driving", "traffic", "network"],
                "preposition": [
                    "along the motorway",
                    "down the motorway",
                    "up the motorway"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈməʊtəweɪ/",
                "audio": "mo/motorway/motorway__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈməʊtərweɪ/",
                "audio": "mo/motorway/motorway__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}