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1. (n.) turnpike
a high-speed highway, esp. one maintained by tolls.
2. turnpike
(formerly) a barrier set across such a highway to stop passage until a toll has been paid.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME turnepike road barrier (in def.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) turnpike
(from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid
2. (noun) turnpike, toll road
an expressway on which tolls are collected
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) turnpike
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
2. (noun) turnpike
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
3. (noun) turnpike
a turnpike road
4. (noun) turnpike
a winding stairway
5. (noun) turnpike
a beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval-de-frise
6. (verb) turnpike
to form, as a road, in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road
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