Definitions for bywayˈbaɪˌweɪ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

by•wayˈbaɪˌweɪ(n.)

  1. a secluded, obscure, or little-used road.

    Category: Transportation

  2. a subsidiary or obscure field of research, endeavor, etc.

Origin of byway:

1300–50

Princeton's WordNet

  1. byway, bypath, byroad(noun)

    a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)

Wiktionary

  1. byway(Noun)

    a road that is not frequently travelled

  2. byway(Noun)

    an unpopular or arcane field of study

Webster Dictionary

  1. Byway(noun)

    a secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one


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