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turnpike
Found in thesaurus: gate, motorway, thruway, superhighway, expressway, freeway, state highway, pike, throughway
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turnpike
n.
freeway, highway, toll road
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Turnpike
Turnpike may refer to:
Roads
- Turnpike, another term for a toll road
- Turnpike trusts, a body set up by act of Parliament, with powers to collect road tolls for maintaining the principal highways during the 18th and 19th centuries
- Turnpike Lane, a street in Haringey, North London, England
- Connecticut Turnpike, a toll road in Connecticut, United States
- Delaware Turnpike, a toll road in Delaware, United States
- Florida's Turnpike, a toll road in Florida, United States
- Maine Turnpike, a toll road in Maine, United States
- New Hampshire Turnpike, a toll road in New Hampshire, United States
- New Jersey Turnpike, a toll road in New Jersey, United States
- Ohio Turnpike, a toll road in Ohio, United States
- Turnpikes of Oklahoma, a turnpike system in Oklahoma, United States
- Pennsylvania Turnpike, a toll road in Pennsylvania, United States
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turnpike
Noun
1. (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid
(hypernym) gate
2. an expressway on which tolls are collected
(hypernym) expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway
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turnpike
n.
zpoplatněná dálnice
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Turnpike
(v. t.)
To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.
To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.
(n.)
A winding stairway.
A winding stairway.
(n.)
A turnpike road.
A turnpike road.
(n.)
A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.
A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, till toll is paid for keeping the road in repair; a tollgate.
(n.)
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.
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.
(n.)
A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.
A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise.
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