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Etymology
1. turnpike
noun. ['ˈtɝːnˌpaɪk'] (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid.
Etymology
- turnpyke (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Turnpike
- airstrike
- apelike
- beaklike
- berrylike
- birdlike
- businesslike
- carmike
- catlike
- childlike
- computerlike
- crownlike
- doglike
- dreamlike
- eellike
- eyelike
- fanlike
- fernlike
- flaplike
- flulike
- ghostlike
Sentences with turnpike
1. Adjective
It can also cover meals, lodging and turnpike tolls.
2. Noun, singular or mass
This resort, which is open year round, is located down the turnpike from Pittsburgh.
2. turnpike
noun. ['ˈtɝːnˌpaɪk'] an expressway on which tolls are collected.
Etymology
- turnpyke (Middle English (1100-1500))