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turnpike (noun)

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  • turnpike — ► NOUN 1) historical a toll gate. 2) historical a road on which a toll was collected. 3) US a motorway on which a toll is charged. ORIGIN originally denoting a spiked barrier fixed across a road as a defence against sudden attack: from PIKE(Cf.… …   English terms dictionary

  • turnpike man — noun : a man who collects tolls at a turnpike * * * turnpike man noun (historical) A tollgate keeper • • • Main Entry: ↑turn …   Useful english dictionary

  • turnpike — noun Etymology: Middle English turnepike revolving frame bearing spikes and serving as a barrier, from turnen to turn + pike Date: 1678 1. tollgate 2. a. (1) a road (as an expressway) for the use of which tolls are collected (2) a road formerly… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • turnpike doubles — noun In the trucking industry, a tandem trailer operation, where two large hauling trailers are connected with a single axle, wheeled device known as a tandem dolly, allowing a truck to carry two or more trailers bound for separate destinations.… …   Wiktionary

  • turnpike — noun (C) 1 AmE a large road for fast traffic, especially one that drivers have to pay to use: the New Jersey Turnpike 2 BrE a road in Britain in the 18th century that travellers had to pay to use …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • turnpike road — noun see turnpike I, 3 …   Useful english dictionary

  • turnpike — noun a) (US) A toll road, especially a toll expressway. b) A road formerly a toll road …   Wiktionary

  • turnpike — noun 1》 historical a toll gate.     ↘a road on which a toll was collected.     ↘US a motorway on which a toll is charged. 2》 historical a spiked barrier fixed in or across a road as a defence against sudden attack …   English new terms dictionary

  • turnpike geranium — noun : jerusalem oak 1 …   Useful english dictionary

  • turnpike — UK [ˈtɜː(r)nˌpaɪk] / US [ˈtɜrnˌpaɪk] noun [countable] Word forms turnpike : singular turnpike plural turnpikes 1) American a main road in the eastern part of the US that drivers must pay to use the Pennsylvania Turnpike 2) British in the past, a… …   English dictionary

  • turnpike — /ˈtɜnpaɪk / (say ternpuyk) noun 1. (formerly) a. a barrier set across a road to stop passage until toll was paid; tollgate. b. a road on which a turnpike operated. 2. US a road for fast traffic, especially one maintained by tolls. {late Middle… …  

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