turnpike

English

The New Jersey turnpike.

Etymology

From Middle English turnpyke (“spiked barrier across a road”).

Noun

turnpike (plural turnpikes)

1. (US) A toll road, especially a toll expressway.
2. A road formerly a toll road.

Translations

toll road, especially a toll expressway

• Greek: διόδια (el) (diódia) n pl 
• Irish: bóthar dola (ga) m, bóthar paidhce (ga) m, paidhc (ga) f
• Norwegian: bomvei (no) m

• Portuguese: rodovia (pt) f
• Russian: платная дорога f

Verb

turnpike (third-person singular simple present turnpikes, present participle turnpiking, simple past and past participle turnpiked)

1. To form (a road, etc.) in the manner of a turnpike road; into a rounded form, as the path of a road.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

turnpike f, m (definite singular turnpika/turnpiken; indefinite plural turnpiker; definite plural turnpikene)

1. A young female gymnast