turnpike

Meaning of turnpike

noun
  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 animals, but admitting a person to pass between the arms; a turnstile.
  2. A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, until a toll is paid,
  3. A winding stairway.
  4. A beam filled with spikes to obstruct passage; a cheval de frise.
  5. A toll road, especially a toll expressway.
  6. (mathematical economics) A trajectory on a finite time interval that satisfies an optimality criterion which is associated with a cost function.

verb

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

Information about turnpike

  • The plural form of turnpike is: turnpikes.
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Hyphenation of turnpike

turn-pike

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • turnpike is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

turnpike synonyms

Meaning :

tollgate

Translation of turnpike

Words that rhyme with turnpike

Pike, pike, pitchpike, demipike, Hallpike, rampike, disturnpike, ranpike, shunpike, garpike, Spike, handspike, marlinespike, marlingspike, marlinspike, muspike, polyspike, spike, unspike

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