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Definition of Speedway

1. Noun. Road where high speed driving is allowed.

Definition of Speedway

1. Noun. A form of motorcycle racing on dirt tracks using motorcycles with neither brakes nor gears. ¹

2. Noun. A racetrack for this and similar sports. ¹

3. Noun. (Chiefly American English) A road for high speed traffic; an expressway. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Speedway

1. a road designed for rapid travel [n -WAYS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Speedway

Literary usage of Speedway

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Code of Ordinances of the City of New York by New York (N.Y.)., Arthur Fortunatus Cosby (1911)
"Light harness driving on the speedway, Ocean Parkway (Ocean Parkway, ... Automobiles will not be permitted on the speedway, but must take the west road on ..."

2. Code of Ordinances of the City of New York by New York (N.Y.)., Arthur Fortunatus Cosby (1912)
"Light harness driving on the speedway, Ocean Parkway (Ocean Parkway, ... Automobile will not be permitted on the speedway, but must take the west road on ..."

3. Code of Ordinances of the City of New York by New York (N.Y.)., Arthur Fortunatus Cosby (1908)
"Light harness driving on the speedway, Ocean Parkway (Ocean Parkway, ... Automobiles will not be permitted on the speedway, but must take the west road on ..."

4. Code of Ordinances of the City of New York by New York (N.Y.)., Arthur Fortunatus Cosby (1907)
"Light harness driving on the speedway, Ocean Parkway (Ocean Parkway, ... Automobiles will not be permitted on the speedway, but must take the west road on ..."

5. Code of Ordinances of the City of New York by New York (N.Y.)., Arthur Fortunatus Cosby (1909)
"Light harness driving on the speedway, Ocean Parkway (Ocean Parkway, ... Automobiles will not be permitted on the speedway, but must take the west road on ..."

6. Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York by Abram Child Dayton (1896)
"... horse— Hazard House—Horses trotting—The Red House speedway—Flora Temple, queen of the trotting turf— Lady Suffolk—Lew Rogers—Dandy Marx and his horses. ..."

7. Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York by Abram Child Dayton (1897)
"... horse— Hazard House—Horses trotting—The Red House speedway—Flora Temple, queen of the trotting turf— Lady Suffolk—Lew Rogers—Dandy Marx and his horses. ..."

8. Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York by Abram Child Dayton (1897)
"... horse— Hazard House—Horses trotting—The Red House speedway—Flora Temple, queen of the trotting turf— Lady Suffolk—Lew Rogers—Dandy Marx and his horses. ..."

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