'Turnpike' definitions:
Definition of 'turnpike'
From: WordNet
noun
(from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid
noun
An expressway on which tolls are collected [syn: turnpike, toll road]
Definition of 'Turnpike'
From: GCIDE
- Turnpike \Turn"pike`\, n. [Turn + pike.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- I move upon my axle like a turnpike. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A turnpike road. --De Foe. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A winding stairway. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Mil.) A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Turnpike man, a man who collects tolls at a turnpike.
- Turnpike road, a road on which turnpikes, or tollgates, are established by law, in order to collect from the users tolls to defray the cost of building, repairing, etc. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Turnpike'
From: GCIDE
- Turnpike \Turn"pike`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Turnpiked; p. pr. & vb. n. Turnpiking.] To form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; to throw into a rounded form, as the path of a road. --Knowles. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'turnpike'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alley,
- alleyway,
- archway,
- arterial,
- arterial highway,
- arterial street,
- artery,
- Autobahn,
- autoroute,
- autostrada,
- avenue,
- back door,
- barway,
- belt highway,
- blind alley,
- boulevard,
- bulkhead,
- bypass,
- byway,
- camino real,
- carriage entrance,
- carriageway,
- causeway,
- causey,
- cellar door,
- cellarway,
- chaussee,
- circumferential,
- close,
- corduroy road,
- county road,
- court,
- crescent,
- cul-de-sac,
- dead-end street,
- dike,
- dirt road,
- door,
- doorjamb,
- doorpost,
- doorway,
- drive,
- driveway,
- expressway,
- freeway,
- French door,
- front door,
- gate,
- gatepost,
- gateway,
- gravel road,
- hatch,
- hatchway,
- highroad,
- highway,
- highways and byways,
- interstate highway,
- lane,
- lintel,
- local road,
- main drag,
- main road,
- mews,
- motorway,
- parkway,
- pave,
- paved road,
- pike,
- place,
- plank road,
- porch,
- portal,
- porte cochere,
- postern,
- primary highway,
- private road,
- propylaeum,
- pylon,
- right-of-way,
- ring road,
- road,
- roadbed,
- roadway,
- route nationale,
- row,
- royal road,
- scuttle,
- secondary road,
- side door,
- speedway,
- state highway,
- stile,
- storm door,
- street,
- superhighway,
- terrace,
- thoroughfare,
- threshold,
- through street,
- thruway,
- toll road,
- tollgate,
- township road,
- trap,
- trap door,
- turnstile,
- US highway,
- wynd