causeway

causeway
Synonyms and related words:
Autobahn, US highway, alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway, arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue, belt highway, blind alley, boulevard, bypass, byway, camino real, carriageway, causey, chaussee, circumferential, close, corduroy road, county road, court, crescent, cul-de-sac, dead-end street, dike, dirt road, drive, driveway, expressway, freeway, gravel road, highroad, highway, highways and byways, interstate highway, lane, local road, main drag, main road, mews, motorway, parkway, pave, paved road, pike, place, plank road, primary highway, private road, right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, route nationale, row, royal road, secondary road, speedway, state highway, street, superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare, through street, thruway, toll road, township road, turnpike, wynd

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  • Causeway — Cause way (k[add]z w[asl]), Causey Cau sey ((k[add] z[y^]), n. [OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F. chauss[ e]e, from LL. (via) calciata, fr calciare to make a road, either fr. L. calx lime, hence, to pave with limestone (cf. E. chalk), or from L …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Causeway — (engl., spr. káhs weh), erhöhter (chaussierter) Weg, Trottoir; Anlegeplatz für Boote am Flußufer. (S. auch Giant s Causeway) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • causeway — [kôz′wā΄] n. [< CAUSE(Y) + WAY] 1. a raised path or road, as across wet ground or water 2. Obs. a paved way or road; highway vt. to furnish with a causeway …   English World dictionary

  • Causeway — (engl., spr. kaos wē), erhöhter (chaussierter) Weg, Trottoir; Anlegeplatz für Boote am Flußufer …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • causeway — noun acceleration lane, access road, agger, approach road, arterial, arterial highway, artery, avenue, by passage, causey, concourse, crossroad, drive, driveway, express, express highway, expressway, freeway, highroad, highway, lane, motor road,… …   Law dictionary

  • causeway — 1570s, from M.E. cauceweye (mid 15c.), first element from Anglo Norm. cauce, O.N.Fr. cauciee, from V.L. *via calciata paved way, from L. calcis, gen. of calx (2) limestone, or L.L. calciare to stamp with the heels, tread (on notion of a road or… …   Etymology dictionary

  • causeway — ► NOUN ▪ a raised road or track across low or wet ground. ORIGIN from Old French causee, from Latin calx lime, limestone (used for paving roads) …   English terms dictionary

  • Causeway — In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway elevated by a bank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. A transport corridor that is carried instead on a series of arches, perhaps approaching a bridge, is a viaduct. In the U.S. a… …   Wikipedia

  • causeway — [15] Etymologically, a causeway is a road paved with limestone. In late Middle English, the word was causey way, causey coming via Anglo Norman *cauce from Vulgar Latin *calciāta, an adjective derived from Latin calx ‘limestone’ (source also of… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • causeway — UK [ˈkɔːzˌweɪ] / US [ˈkɔzˌweɪ] noun [countable] Word forms causeway : singular causeway plural causeways a raised road or path across ground that is wet or is sometimes covered by water …   English dictionary

  • causeway — [15] Etymologically, a causeway is a road paved with limestone. In late Middle English, the word was causey way, causey coming via Anglo Norman *cauce from Vulgar Latin *calciāta, an adjective derived from Latin calx ‘limestone’ (source also of… …   Word origins

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