interstate
Of, or relating to two or more states.
Adjective 1 meaning
Of, or relating to two or more states.
“interstate commerce”
Adverb 1 meaning
Crossing states (usually provincial state, but also e.g. multinational sense).
“The truck driver drove interstate to unload.”
Noun 1 meaning
A freeway that is part of the Interstate Highway System.
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.
INTERSTATE at a glance
INTERSTATE has 10 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (I 1 + N 1 + T 1 + E 1 + R 1 + S 1 + T 1 + A 1 + T 1 + E 1) and 11 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,129 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with interstate
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