beltway

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center

From belt + way.

He went freelance, became a consultant, a Beltway Bandit." — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
Our high-tech sector wasn't all struggling high fliers operating out of some one-story cinder block on Route 128 or the Washington Beltway. — The Samurai Strategy, Thomas Hoover
"What I'm saying is, all those Beltway turkeys with the briar pipes and gigabyte computers, sitting around wringing their hands, worried the Company needs a new mission, never really grasped its old mission." — Life Blood, Thomas Hoover

bypass, ring road, ringway

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