Adjacent Words

interstate definitions

	Tweet

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: involving and relating to the mutual relations of states especially of the United States; "Interstate Highway Commission"; "interstate highways"; "Interstate Commerce Commission"; "interstate commerce" [ant: intrastate] n
1: one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States [syn: interstate, interstate highway]

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1844 of, connecting, or existing between two or more states especially of the United States <interstate commerce> II. noun Date: 1968 any of a system of expressways connecting most major United States cities — called also interstate highway

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. US --adj. existing or carried on between States, esp. of the US. --n. a motorway, esp. crossing a State boundary.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Interstate In"ter*state`, a. Pertaining to the mutual relations of States; existing between, or including, different States; as, interstate commerce. --Story.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(interstates) 1. Interstate means between states, especially the states of the United States. ...interstate highways. ADJ: ADJ n 2. In the United States, an interstate is a major road linking states. ...the southbound lane of Interstate 75. N-COUNT: also N num