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Added 9 October 2026

thoroughfare

/ˈθʌɹəfɛː/ noun

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about thoroughfare at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A passage; a way through.
A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.
The act of going through; passage; travel, transit.
The sign leading to the other carriage reads: No thoroughfare.

Origin

From Middle English thurghfare, corresponding to thorough- (“through”) + fare. Compare Old English þurhfaran (“to go through, go over, traverse, pierce, pass through, pass beyond, transcend, penetrate”). Compare also Old English þurhfær (“inner secret place”), German Durchfahrt (“passage through, thoroughfare”).

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