interstate
adjective
- between states
noun
- type of major highway in the US
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɚˌsteɪt/ / /ˈɪnɚˌsteɪt/ / [ˈɪɾ̃ɚˌsteɪ̯t]
adj
Etymology: From inter- + state, originally as an adjective only; the noun is by (ellipsis) from interstate highway. The noun also serves adjectivally as a (noun adjunct) in such collocations as interstate construction and interstate rest stops.
- Of, or relating to two or more states.
“interstate commerce”
“interstate reciprocity”
adv
Etymology: From inter- + state, originally as an adjective only; the noun is by (ellipsis) from interstate highway. The noun also serves adjectivally as a (noun adjunct) in such collocations as interstate construction and interstate rest stops.
- Crossing states (usually provincial state, but also e.g. multinational sense).
“The truck driver drove interstate to unload.”
noun
Etymology: From inter- + state, originally as an adjective only; the noun is by (ellipsis) from interstate highway. The noun also serves adjectivally as a (noun adjunct) in such collocations as interstate construction and interstate rest stops.
- A freeway that is part of the Interstate Highway System.
“The speed-limit increase would not apply to Delaware, where the interstates are all near populated areas.”
“There was no reason to pull off the interstate and drive twenty miles down a bumpy local road, just to stay in a dilapidated no-tell motel.”