Meanings
adjectivemultilane (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving more than one lane of traffic traveling in at least one direction.
The Government since 1956 has laced the U.S. with 33,000 miles of multilane highways.
1972 March 27, “Away from Highways”, in Time1 more example
What fascinated me the most were the futuristic superhighways, multilane ribbons of traffic filled with cars, buses and trucks.
2002 October 28, “Mail Call: Ten Years From Now”, in Newsweek
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of roads and highways) having two or more lanes for traffic
Similar
Opposite
single-lane
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmultus
- Latinmultī
- Middle Englishmulti-
- Englishmulti-
- Englishlane
- Englishmultilane
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Cite this entry
APA
multilane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilane
MLA
“multilane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilane. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multilane,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multilane.
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