"byway" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "65 28 8",
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        "a road or track not following a main route; a minor road or path."
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          "track",
          "track"
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          "main",
          "main"
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        "a road that is not frequently travelled."
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          "ref": "2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R29",
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        "a little-known or arcane field of study or detail."
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        "(by extension) a little-known or arcane field of study or detail."
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        "broadly"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbaɪweɪ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪweɪ"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
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      "word": "by-way"
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  "word": "byway"
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    "en:Roads"
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        "a road or track not following a main route; a minor road or path."
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          "road",
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          "track",
          "track"
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        "a road that is not frequently travelled."
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        "(by extension) a little-known or arcane field of study or detail."
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    {
      "word": "by-way"
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