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Beltway

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Noun

1. beltway, bypass, ring road, ringway

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Beltway

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noun
1.  the usual US name for a ring road
2. (usually capital)
a. 
the people and institutions located in the area bounded by the Washington Beltway, taken to be politically and socially out of touch with the rest of America and much given to political intrigue
b. 
(as modifier)
Beltway Cassandras

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Beltway

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noun
an expressway passing around an urban area

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Beltway

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n.
1. The beltway surrounding Washington, DC.
2. The political establishment of Washington, DC, including federal officeholders, lobbyists, consultants, and media commentators.
n.
A high-speed highway that encircles or skirts an urban area. Also called belt highway.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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