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Definition of turnpike in English: turnpikenoun ˈtəːnpʌɪkˈtərnˌpaɪk historical 1A toll gate. - 1.1 A road on which a toll was collected at a toll gate.
Example sentencesExamples - The road, which became a turnpike in 1752, has seen many alterations in its history.
- The trusts were responsible for the whole turnpike, and tolls paid for upkeep.
- Sighing in relief she headed toward the turnpike and eased her Eclipse into a comfortable sixty miles per hour.
- Preliminary numbers show that about 8,000 to 10,000 vehicles were traveling on the road each day, a turnpike spokesman said.
- Manhattan's sleek skyscrapers are visible for an instant before the turnpike veers west and south towards Newark.
- How, for instance, would this system of turnpikes be regulated, if not by cameras?
- It was apparently built as a toll house on the old turnpike road between York and Scarborough.
- A network of local roads and lanes fed the sub-region's turnpikes.
- The average length of a turnpike road was 30 miles, and the number of trustees varied from 15 to 237.
- In case you don't know, the turnpike is a toll road.
- The carriageway profiles of the majority of Aberdeenshire turnpikes had a fall from the centre of the carriageway to the sides.
- It used to take four hours to get to London by coach along the turnpike road.
- 1.2US A motorway on which a toll is charged.
Example sentencesExamples - Ohio's section of highway 80 is called a turnpike, and they charge a toll to drive on it.
Synonyms street, road, roadway, avenue, boulevard, way
2A spiked barrier fixed in or across a road or passage as a defence against sudden attack. Example sentencesExamples - Half the horses in London never see a turnpike gate.
- The formation of drains beside and beneath turnpikes, an important facet of road construction, has received little comment in contemporary sources.
Definition of turnpike in US English: turnpikenounˈtərnˌpīkˈtərnˌpaɪk 1US An expressway, especially one on which a toll is charged. Example sentencesExamples - Ohio's section of highway 80 is called a turnpike, and they charge a toll to drive on it.
Synonyms street, road, roadway, avenue, boulevard, way - 1.1historical A toll gate.
- 1.2historical A road on which a toll was collected at a toll gate.
Example sentencesExamples - It used to take four hours to get to London by coach along the turnpike road.
- In case you don't know, the turnpike is a toll road.
- The trusts were responsible for the whole turnpike, and tolls paid for upkeep.
- Preliminary numbers show that about 8,000 to 10,000 vehicles were traveling on the road each day, a turnpike spokesman said.
- Sighing in relief she headed toward the turnpike and eased her Eclipse into a comfortable sixty miles per hour.
- It was apparently built as a toll house on the old turnpike road between York and Scarborough.
- How, for instance, would this system of turnpikes be regulated, if not by cameras?
- Manhattan's sleek skyscrapers are visible for an instant before the turnpike veers west and south towards Newark.
- The carriageway profiles of the majority of Aberdeenshire turnpikes had a fall from the centre of the carriageway to the sides.
- The average length of a turnpike road was 30 miles, and the number of trustees varied from 15 to 237.
- The road, which became a turnpike in 1752, has seen many alterations in its history.
- A network of local roads and lanes fed the sub-region's turnpikes.
2historical A spiked barrier fixed in or across a road or passage as a defense against sudden attack. Example sentencesExamples - The formation of drains beside and beneath turnpikes, an important facet of road construction, has received little comment in contemporary sources.
- Half the horses in London never see a turnpike gate.
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