noun
interchange
A road junction allowing traffic to move between highways.
Looping ramps connect the highways at the interchange.
Etymology
The ordinary word names exchange or movement between things. At a road interchange, vehicles move from one highway to another through connected routes.
In context
not in a hearing format in which you ask people to speak to you the people to speak with each other in ways that give us a chance to have interchange
More examples
- Construction closed one ramp of the interchange.
- The interchange connects two major highways.
- Traffic slowed near the busy interchange.
Forms
interchange · interchanges
Similar words
- junction
- Junction is the general meeting of roads; an interchange uses connecting ramps, often at different levels.
- intersection
- An intersection commonly involves roads crossing at the same level; an interchange separates traffic through ramps.