turnpike

turnpike
Synonyms and related words:
Autobahn, French door, US highway, alley, alleyway, archway, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, back door, barway, belt highway, blind alley, boulevard, bulkhead, bypass, byway, camino real, carriage entrance, carriageway, causeway, causey, cellar door, cellarway, chaussee, circumferential, close, corduroy road, county road, court, crescent, cul-de-sac, dead-end street, dike, dirt road, door, doorjamb, doorpost, doorway, drive, driveway, expressway, freeway, front door, gate, gatepost, gateway, gravel road, hatch, hatchway, highroad, highway, highways and byways, interstate highway, lane, lintel, local road, main drag, main road, mews, motorway, parkway, pave, paved road, pike, place, plank road, porch, portal, porte cochere, postern, primary highway, private road, propylaeum, pylon, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, route nationale, row, royal road, scuttle, secondary road, side door, speedway, state highway, stile, storm door, street, superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare, threshold, through street, thruway, toll road, tollgate, township road, trap, trap door, turnstile, wynd

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  • Turnpike — Turn pike , n. [Turn + pike.] 1. A frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of beasts, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile. See {Turnstile}, 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Turnpike —   [ təːnpaɪk; englisch »Drehkreuz«] der, / s, autobahnähnliche, gebührenpflichtige Schnellstraße in Nordamerika, die von eigenständigen Gesellschaften (Turnpike Authorities) geplant, finanziert, gebaut und betrieben wird. * * * Turn|pike [… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Turnpike — Turn pike , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turnpiked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turnpiking}.] To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road. Knowles. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • turnpike — (n.) early 15c., spiked road barrier used for defense, from TURN (Cf. turn) + PIKE (Cf. pike) (n.2) shaft. Sense transferred to horizontal cross of timber, turning on a vertical pin (1540s), which were used to bar horses from foot roads. This led …   Etymology dictionary

  • Turnpike — (engl., spr. törnpaik), Drehkreuz, in England an Straßen bei Mauthäusern angebracht zum Zweck der Erhebung des Wegegeldes, daher Turnpikeroads, Straßen mit solchen Drehkreuzen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • turnpike — index causeway Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • turnpike — [n] highway expressway, four lane*, freeway, interstate, parkway, pike*, roadway, state highway, superhighway, toll road; concept 501 …   New thesaurus

  • turnpike — ► NOUN 1) historical a toll gate. 2) historical a road on which a toll was collected. 3) US a motorway on which a toll is charged. ORIGIN originally denoting a spiked barrier fixed across a road as a defence against sudden attack: from PIKE(Cf.… …   English terms dictionary

  • turnpike — [tʉrn′pīk΄] n. [ME turnpyke, a spiked barrier across a road: see TURN & PIKE4] 1. Historical a turnstile 2. TOLLGATE 3. a toll road, esp. one that is an expressway …   English World dictionary

  • turnpike — n. (AE) toll express way 1) (to travel) by turnpike 2) (to drive) on a turnpike * * * [ tɜːnpaɪk] (AE) [ toll expressway ] (to travel) by turnpike (to drive) on a turnpike …   Combinatory dictionary

  • turnpike — turn|pike [ˈtə:npaık US ˈtə:rn ] n [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: turnpike road (18 20 centuries), from turnpike turning post with sharp points fixed into it, used to control movement past it (15 18 centuries), from turn + PIKE4] AmE a large road for… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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