artery vs high road

artery

noun
  • A major transit corridor in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines. 

  • Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery. 

  • Hyponyms: alloartery, arteriole, endartery, microartery; see also Thesaurus:artery 

high road

noun
  • A main road or highway. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see high, road. 

  • A course of action which is dignified, honourable, or respectable. 

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