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Meaning of thoroughpass | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A connected passage; conduit or channel.
    rare
  2. A way through; thoroughfare.
    rare

Examples

“Kharagpur serves a as thoroughpass for raw materials as well as for products passing through different parts of the country as it is an important transport node.”
“[…] the Bridge of Athlone over the River Shannon, the greatest thoroughpass in Ireland, has been long in a most narrow, dangerous and dilapidated state, […]”
“Eventually they came out onto Hunter Avenue, a main thoroughpass segregating Hollywood's blue-collar district from the ritzier multimillion-dollar homes.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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