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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024turn•pike /ˈtɜrnˌpaɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Transporta high-speed highway, esp. one maintained by tolls.
- Transport(formerly) a barrier set across such a highway to stop passage until a toll has been paid;
tollgate.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024turn•pike (tûrn′pīk′),USA pronunciation n. - Transporta high-speed highway, esp. one maintained by tolls.
- Transport(formerly) a barrier set across such a highway to stop passage until a toll has been paid;
tollgate.
- late Middle English turnepike road barrier (in def. 1, short for turnpike road). See turn, pike2 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: turnpike /ˈtɜːnˌpaɪk/ n - (between the mid-16th and late 19th centuries) gates or some other barrier set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid
- a road on which a turnpike was operated
- an obsolete word for turnstile
- US a motorway for use of which a toll is charged
Etymology: 15th Century: from turn + pike² |