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[ kawz-wey ] / ˈkɔzˌweɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR causeway ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna raised road or path, as across low or wet ground. a highway or paved way. verb (used with object)to pave (a road or street) with cobblestones or pebbles. to provide with a causeway. Origin of causewaylate Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at causey, way1 Words nearby causewaycause célèbre, cause list, cause raised eyebrows, causerie, causeuse, causeway, causey, causist, caustic, caustic alcohol, caustic curve Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for causewayCauseway Bay has rotating illustrations inspired by clashes with the police. The Monuments Men of Occupy Hong Kong|Brendon Hong|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST By visiting Admiralty or Causeway Bay or Mong Kok, they see that it's not a dirty affair. Chinese Tourists Are Taking Hong Kong Protest Selfies|Brendon Hong|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Some subway exits in Causeway Bay, a major shopping district, were barricaded. Is Hong Kong Tiananmen 2.0?|Brendon Hong|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST But soon, he must have walked that mile along the causeway, over the water back to Miami. Advocates Reached Out to Ronald Poppo Before He Was Face-Eating Victim|Aram Roston|June 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Whoever did what Luka Magnotta is accused of doing makes the Causeway Cannibal look like a pussycat. Canada’s 'Cannibal Killer:' Early Reports Warned About Luka Magnotta|Winston Ross|June 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST As he did so, a cloud of skirmishers were seen advancing along the causeway towards the Russians in front of the Aratabia. The Three Commanders|W.H.G. Kingston Beyond the causeway, on the right going up, was a fence on a bank and a ditch behind it, with trees in front. A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion|William Dobein James The tumult had attracted the frequenters of the Red Lion, and some of these had stepped out on to the causeway. The Shadow of a Crime|Hall Caine The carnage raged fearfully along the length of the causeway. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8|Charles H. Sylvester And northerly again were the pillars of the Giant's Causeway, blue-black against the sun. The Wind Bloweth|Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
British Dictionary definitions for causeway
nouna raised path or road crossing water, marshland, sand, etc a paved footpath a road surfaced with setts Word Origin for causewayC15 cauciwey (from cauci + way); cauci paved road, from Medieval Latin (via) calciāta, calciātus paved with limestone, from Latin calx limestone Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to causewayhill, barrier, ditch, levee, dyke, lane, boulevard, freeway, street, artery, expressway, avenue, highway, waterway, breakwater, mound, bank, watercourse, channel, strait |